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Liber historiae Francorum [engl.] Ed. and transl. with an introd. by Bernard S. Bachrach
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Author: Dreams, Visions, and Spiritual Authority in Merovingian Gaul
Author: Isabel MoreiraPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801474671
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
In early medieval Europe, dreams and visions were believed to reveal divine information about Christian life and the hereafter. No consensus existed, however, as to whether all Christians, or only a spiritual elite, were entitled to have a relationship of this sort with the supernatural. Drawing on a rich variety of sources—histories, hagiographies, ascetic literature, and records of dreams at saints' shrines—Isabel Moreira provides insight into a society struggling to understand and negotiate its religious visions. Moreira analyzes changing attitudes toward dreams and visionary experiences beginning in late antiquity, when the church hierarchy considered lay dreamers a threat to its claims of spiritual authority. Moreira describes how, over the course of the Merovingian period, the clergy came to accept the visions of ordinary folk—peasants, women, and children—as authentic. Dream literature and accounts of visionary experiences infiltrated all aspects of medieval culture by the eighth century, and the dreams of ordinary Christians became central to the clergy's pastoral concerns. Written in clear and inviting prose, this book enables readers to understand how the clerics of Merovingian Gaul allowed a Christian culture of dreaming to develop and flourish without compromising the religious orthodoxy of the community or the primacy of their own authority.
Introduction to the Carolingian Age
Author: Cullen J. ChandlerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040021964
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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History of the Dukes of Normandy and the Kings of England by the Anonymous of Béthune
Author: Paul WebsterPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351723014
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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In the first quarter of the thirteenth century, an anonymous Flemish writer set in writing, in Old French, a chronicle of Normandy, England, Flanders and northern France. It ranged from the arrival of the Vikings in Normandy to the early years of the reign of King Henry III of England, ending with an account of the translation of the relics of St Thomas Becket to their magnificent new shrine in Canterbury Cathedral in 1220. Along the way, it adopted and formed part of a tradition of writing of the history of the dukes of Normandy and kings of England, a tradition which had developed in Latin in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and then continued in Old French. The work is famous for vibrant and informed description of the reign of King John, in particular the period of baronial reaction, Magna Carta, ensuing civil war and the nearly-successful invasion of England by Louis, heir to the kingdom of France. Flanders supplied troops to both sides, and this Flemish author sees these events in close detail, and from the Flemish, not the French or English, point of view. He may himself have been an eyewitness, directly involved, but if not he would have known many who had fought and died in this conflict. Janet Shirley’s translation of this chronicle, the first into English, brings the work of the Anonymous of Béthune to a new audience in this volume, accompanied by an introduction and historical notes by Paul Webster.
The Birth of Territory
Author: Stuart EldenPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022604128X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Political theory professor Stuart Elden explores the history of land ownership and control from the ancient to the modern world in The Birth of Territory. Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. Yet territory has not received the critical attention afforded to other crucial concepts such as sovereignty, rights, and justice. While territory continues to matter politically, and territorial disputes and arrangements are studied in detail, the concept of territory itself is often neglected today. Where did the idea of exclusive ownership of a portion of the earth’s surface come from, and what kinds of complexities are hidden behind that seemingly straightforward definition? The Birth of Territory provides a detailed account of the emergence of territory within Western political thought. Looking at ancient, medieval, Renaissance, and early modern thought, Stuart Elden examines the evolution of the concept of territory from ancient Greece to the seventeenth century to determine how we arrived at our contemporary understanding. Elden addresses a range of historical, political, and literary texts and practices, as well as a number of key players—historians, poets, philosophers, theologians, and secular political theorists—and in doing so sheds new light on the way the world came to be ordered and how the earth’s surface is divided, controlled, and administered. “The Birth of Territory is an outstanding scholarly achievement . . . a book that already promises to become a ‘classic’ in geography, together with very few others published in the past decades.” —Political Geography “An impressive feat of erudition.” —American Historical Review
Liber Historiae Francorum
Author: Bernard S. BachrachPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity
Author: Ralph W. MathisenPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472112463
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A collection of Latin sources that shed light on the changing world of Late Antiquity throughout Western Europe
Engaging Moments
Author: Claudia BornholdtPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110911159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This book presents the first collection of the earliest West Germanic bridal-quest narratives together with a comparative study of them. In contrast to earlier studies, the author locates the origin of this narrative tradition in the oral and written Germanic literary tradition, a result that leads to a re-assessment of the genesis of vernacular German and Scandinavian literature. The chapters deal in chronological order with the Latin chronicles of the Germanic peoples and with the early Latin and vernacular literature in Germany and Scandinavia.
The Birth of France
Author: Katharine SchermanPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Random House
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A history of the Teutonic warrior chieftains who were the first kings of France from roughly the fifth century to the eighth century.
Medieval Europe: A Short History
Author: Judith M. BennettPublisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Marked by C. Warren Hollister's clear historical vision and engaging teaching style, this classic text has been judiciously revised by Judith Bennett; the tenth edition includes greater coverage of Byzantium and Islam, a revised map program, a new essay program on medieval myths, and more. In his preface to the eighth edition, Professor Hollister wrote of his realization, while in college, that our world today "is a product of the medieval past." Medieval Europe introduces today's students to the medieval roots of our own society.