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Author Innes, Matthew

Title State and Society in the Early Middle Ages : the Middle Rhine Valley, 400-1000
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (337 pages)
Series Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, Fourth Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, Fourth Series
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; A note on nomenclature and citations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Monasticism, spiritual patronage and social structure; 3 Land, kinship and status; 4 Local power: collective action, conflict and consensus; 5 Locality and centre: Mechanisms of extraction; 6 Political power from the fifth to the eleventh century; 7 Conclusions: State and society in the early medieval west; List of primary sources; Bibliography of secondary works; Index; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, Fourth series
Summary This book shows just how much can be discovered about the so-called 'Dark Ages', offering a detailed analysis of the workings of society at the heart of Charlemagne's empire, and suggesting the need to rethink our understanding of political power in the early middle ages
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Subject Political culture -- Rhine River Valley -- History -- To 1500
Cities and towns, Medieval -- Rhine River Valley
Elite (Social sciences) -- Rhine River Valley -- History
Church and state -- Rhine River Valley -- History -- To 1500
Local government -- Rhine River Valley -- History -- To 1500
Monasticism and religious orders -- Rhine River Valley -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Church and state
Cities and towns, Medieval
Elite (Social sciences)
Local government
Monasticism and religious orders -- Middle Ages
Political culture
Social conditions
SUBJECT Rhine River Valley -- Social conditions
Germany -- History -- To 843. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054525
France -- Social conditions -- To 987. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87008017
Germany -- Religious life and customs -- Middle Ages, 843-1517. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054652
Subject France
Germany
Rhine River Valley
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511050244
0511050240