STATE AND SOCIETY IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES by Matthew Innes ( 9780521594554 )

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STATE AND SOCIETY IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
THE MIDDLE RHINE VALLEY, 400-1000

By:

Matthew Innes

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0521594553

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9780521594554

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

24 April, 2000

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series No.47

Pages:

336

Description:

A detailed analysis of the workings of society at the heart of Charlemagne's empire during the 'Dark Ages'.

Synopsis:

This book, first published in 2000, is a pioneering study of politics and society in the early Middle Ages. Whereas it is widely believed that the source materials for early medieval Europe are too sparse to allow sustained study of the workings of social and political relationships on the ground, this book focuses on a uniquely well-documented area to investigate the basis of power. Topics covered include the foundation of monasteries, their relationship with the laity, and their role as social centres; the significance of urbanism; the control of land, the development of property rights and the organization of states; community, kinship and lordship; justice and dispute settlement; the uses of the written word; violence and the feud; and the development of political structures from the Roman empire to the high Middle Ages.

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9 maps

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Cambridge University Press

Prizes:

Winner of Royal Historical Society Gladstone History Book Prize 2000

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