Early Medieval Europe 300-1050

The Birth of Western Society

David Rollason (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2012
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-4082-5121-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Early Medieval Europe 300-1050 is a broad-brush survey of Western Europe from the period of the late Roman Empire (4th-5th centuries) through the period of the dissolution of that empire, the emergence of the barbarian kingdoms which succeeded it, and their consolidation under the Carolingian and Ottonian rulers on the Continent and the West Saxon and Danish kings in England, to the early 11th century, with the nascent kingdoms of France, Germany, and England.

The book focuses on the big historical questions which the period raises, the sources for it and the ways in which historians have worked with them, and the competing approaches to the questions and interpretations which historians have developed.

Autor

David Rollason is Professor of Medieval History at Durham University and the author of many books and articles on the early medieval period.

Inhalt

Contents

Part I: Introduction

1.    Why study this period?

Part II: The End of the Roman Empire in the West

2.    From Roman Empire to Barbarian Kingdoms: Cataclysm or Transition?

3.    The Making of Peoples: Invasions or Identity-Change?

Part III: The Rise of European Kingship

4.    The Rise of European States

5.    The Barbarian Roots of Kingship

6.    Kings and Emperors

7.    The Christian Shaping of Kingship

8.    The Mechanisms of Power

Part IV: The Economic Foundation

9.    The Nature of Exchange: Trade, Plunder and Gift Giving

10. Cultivating the Land: The Basis of European Society

11. The Origins of European Towns and Town Life

Part V: Christianity and the Role of the Church

12. The Processes of Conversion to Christianity

13. Popes and Bishops: The Most Powerful Men in Europe

14. Monks and Monastries: Power in this Life or after it?

Part VI: Conclusion

15. The Birth of Western Society?

 

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.5.2012
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 246 x 196 mm
• Gewicht: 806 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-4082-5121-3 / 1408251213
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4082-5121-8 / 9781408251218
• Zustand: Neuware