CHARLEMAGNE'S MUSTACHE by Paul Edward Dutton ( 9781403962232 )

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Title:

CHARLEMAGNE'S MUSTACHE
AND OTHER CULTURAL CLUSTERS OF A DARK AGE

By:

Paul Edward Dutton

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1403962235

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9781403962232

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Publisher:

PALGRAVE USA

Pub. date:

30 June, 2004

Series:

New Middle Ages

Pages:

279

Description:

This description of Carolingian life explores various aspects of society at that time, such as their thoughts and beliefs, fashions and customs.

Synopsis:

Charlemagne's Mustache presents the reader with seven engaging studies, 'thick descriptions', of cultural life and thought in the Carolingian world. The author begins by asking questions. Why did Charlemagne have a mustache and why did hair matter? Why did the king own peacocks and other exotic animals? Why was he writing in bed and could he write at all? How did medieval kings become stars? How were secrets kept and conveyed in the early Middle Ages? And why did early medieval peoples believe in storm and hailmakers? The answers, he found, are often surprising.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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