KINGS, COURTIERS AND IMPERIUM by P. S. Barnwell ( 9780715627631 )

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Title:

KINGS, COURTIERS AND IMPERIUM
THE BARBARIAN WEST, AD 565-725

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Format:

Hardback

List price:	£180.00
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ISBN 10:

0715627635

ISBN 13:

9780715627631

Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

26 June, 1997

Pages:

256

Description:

By the seventh century AD, kingdoms had been established in the former western Roman Empire. In this book, the author aims to show the strength and sophistication of these royal administrations and to trace the evolution of governmental structures still influenced by their Roman inheritance.

Synopsis:

This work constitutes an appraisal of the development of kingship and royal administration in the kingdoms which, by the seventh century AD, had been established in the former Western Roman Empire. By viewing the seventh century in its own terms, and providing a detailed critique of the primary sources, the author sets out to show that kings were stronger than has often been thought, and their administration more sophisticated. A feature of his analysis is its setting of the evidence for early Anglo-Saxon England alongside that relating to the continental kingdoms. The evolution of governmental structures in a period increasingly remote from the imperial past is traced, as is the relationship of the "barbarian" kingdoms to the Byzantine Empire, and it is argued that, despite emergent differences between the kingdoms, many of their administrative institutions continued to be influenced by a common inheritence of Roman traditions.

Illustrations:

geneal. tables, maps

Publication:

Imprint:

Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd

Returns:

Returnable

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