Court Culture in the Early Middle Ages
The Proceedings of the First Alcuin Conference
Edited by Catherine Cubitt
Hardback (Published)
(October 2003)
ISBN: 9782503511641
Price: $107.00
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This volume sets the study of early medieval political culture upon a new footing by its wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination of the place of the court in the kingdom and its role as a centre of intellectual and religious debate.
The role of the court in early medieval polities has long been recognised as an essential force in the running of the kingdom. The court was not only an organ of central government but a sociological community with its own ideology and culture, and a place where royal power was both displayed and negotiated. The studies within this volume reflect the diversity of modern court studies, considering the court as a social body and considering its educative and ideological activities. The contributors to this volume bring together historical, archaeological, art historical and literary approaches to the topic as they consider aspects of court life in England, Francia, Rome, and Byzantium from the eighth to the tenth centuries. The volume therefore looks at court life in the round, emphasizes and invites connections between early medieval courts, and opens new perspectives for the understanding of early medieval courts.
- Edited by Catherine Cubitt
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The Beginning of Scandinavian Settlement in England
The Viking 'Great Army' and Early Settlers, c. 865-900
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The Crisis of the Oikoumene
The Three Chapters and the Failed Quest for Unity in the Sixth-Century Mediterranean
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Settlements and Strongholds in Early Medieval England
Texts, Landscapes, and Material Culture
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Studies in Anglo-Saxon Literature and its Insular Context in Honour of Eamonn O Carragain
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Duelling with the Past
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England and the Continent in the Tenth Century
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