A Companion to the Early Middle Ages

Britain and Ireland C.500 - C.1100
Herausgegeben von Stafford, Pauline

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on 28 original essays, A Companion to the Early MiddleAges takes an inclusive approach to the history of Britain andIreland from c.500 to c.1100 to overcome artificial distinctions ofmodern national boundaries.

A collaborative history from leading scholars, coveringthe key debates and issues

Surveys the building blocks of political society, and considerswhether there were fundamental differences across Britain andIreland

Considers potential factors for change, including the economy,Christianisation, and the Vikings

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to British History .
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 981g
• ISBN-13: 9781118425138
• ISBN-10: 1118425138
• Artikelnr.: 36519815

Autorenporträt

Pauline Stafford is Professor Emerita at Liverpool University, previously Professor of Medieval History. She is a specialist in the history of Anglo-Saxon England and of women and gender in England and Europe from the eighth to twelfth centuries. Her previous publications include Queens, Concubines and Dowagers, the King's Wife in the Early Middle Ages (1983, 1998), Unification and Conquest, a Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries (1989), Queen Emma and Queen Edith (1997, 2001), Law, Laity and Solidarities (2001), Gender, Family and the Legitimation of Power: England from the Ninth to Early Twelfth Century (2006), and the jointly edited Gendering the Middle Ages (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps viii Notes on Contributors ix List of Abbreviations xiii Maps
xv PART I INTRODUCTORY MATTER 1 1 Introduction 3 Pauline Stafford 2
Historiography 9 Pauline Stafford 3 Sources 23 Pauline Stafford PART II
BRITAIN AND IRELAND, C.500-C.750 39 4 Britain and Ireland, c.500 41 Barbara
Yorke 5 Economy 57 Howard B. Clarke 6 Kings and Kingship 76 Barbara Yorke 7
Communities and Kinship 91 David E. Thornton 8 Social Structure 107 Thomas
M. Charles-Edwards 9 Britain, Ireland, and Europe, c.500-c.750 126 Paul
Fouracre 10 Conversions to Christianity 143 Huw Pryce 11 Church
Organization and Pastoral Care 160 Thomas Pickles 12 Latin Learning and
Christian Art 177 Martin J. Ryan PART III BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN THE LONG
NINTH CENTURY, C.750-C.900 193 13 Viking Raids and Conquest 195 Dawn Hadley
14 Scandinavian Settlement 212 Dawn Hadley 15 Britain, Ireland, and Europe,
c.750-c.900 231 Janet L. Nelson PART IV BRITAIN AND IRELAND, C.900-C.1100
249 16 Scotland 251 Alex Woolf 17 Ireland, c.900-c.1000 268 Edel
Bhreathnach 18 Ireland, c.1000-c.1100 285 Seán Duffy 19 Northumbria 303
William M. Aird 20 Southumbria 322 Charles Insley 21 Wales and West Britain
341 John Reuben Davies 22 Britain, Ireland, and Europe, c.900-c.1100 358
Simon MacLean 23 The Institutional Church 376 Catherine Cubitt 24 Pastoral
Care and Religious Belief 395 Catherine Cubitt 25 Nobility 414 Julia Crick
26 Settlement and Social Differentiation 432 Sally Crawford 27 Localities
446 David E. Thornton 28 Queens and Queenship 459 Pauline Stafford
Bibliography 477 Index 524

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'The concise presentation of complex information in introductory form is a great talent... The fact that all chapters of the book are consistently clear and readable as introductions to the non-specialist is impressive. That they challenge us conceptually and push at the boundaries of our understanding as well as our knowledge is more so.' --Reference Reviews