Maps -- preface -- abbreviations -- introduction -- chapter one conflict in agilolfing bavaria -- interlude the transition to carolingian bavaria -- chapter two disputing under the carolingians, 791-811 -- chapter three the nature of authority in carolingian bavaria -- chapter four a subculture of compromise -- chapter five disputing under the carolingians, 812-835 -- chapter six disputing under the carolingians, 836-854 -- conclusion -- bibliography -- index
Summary
"Most scholarship in English on the political and social order of early medieval Europe deals with the Western Frankish regions. Warren Brown shifts the focus to the East, concentrating on conflicts and their resolutions to learn how a central authority could affect local societies in the Middle Ages." "By drawing on the recent work of anthropologists and political scientists on topics such as dispute resolution and the dynamics of conquest and colonization. Brown considers issues larger than the procedures for handling conflict in the early Middle Ages: How could a ruler exercise power without the coercive resources available to the modern state? In what ways can a people respond to military conquest?"--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index
