Ian Wood

The Merovingian Kingdoms 450 - 751 (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Of all Rome's western successors, the Frankish kingdom that emerged in France, Belgium, the Rhineland and Switzerland was the longest lasting and most powerful; yet the Merovingians, who ruled it for nearly 300 years (481-751), have been harshly treated by posterity. This is partly through the hostility of the Carolingians who usurped and succeeded them, and partly because of a family history that was lurid and bloody even by contemporary standards. Ian Wood rescues them from the shadows of obscurity and contempt in this superb survey which will be required reading for all early medievalists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317871156
• Artikelnr.: 47511472

Autorenporträt

Ian Wood

Inhaltsangabe

List of abbreviations. Preface. Introduction: Constructing Merovingian
History. 1. The Barbarians in Gaul. 2. Literary continuity
anddiscontinuity: Late-fifth-and-sixth-century culture. 3. The
establishment of Merovingian power: the Franks before 537. 4. Kings and
kingdoms: the structure of the realm in the 6th century. 5. The limites of
ecclesiastical power: Episocopal jurisdiction and politics. 6. Stability in
disunity: the civil wars of the 6th century. 7. Laws and law-codes:
Merovingian legislation. 8. Royal women: Fredegund, ~Brunhilda and
Radegund. 9. Redefining the Kingdom: Chlothar II, Dagobert I, Sigibert III
and Clovis II. 10. The Merovingians and their neighbours. 11. The place of
the monasteries: politics and the religious life, 613-64. 12. Land, wealth
and the economy. 13. The failure of consensus: Merovingian politics from
656-80. 14. The culture of churchmen: education, theology and
book-production in the later 7th century. 15. The check on ambition:
Merovingian politics, 680-721. 16. Towards reunification: wars and
politics, 721-751. 17. The Northern Emporia: Quentovic, Dorestad and the
`Sceatta' economy. 18. Mission aaccomplished: the Merovingian church east
of the Rhine. Conclusion: The Merovingian achievement.