The symbolic language of authority in the Carolingian world (c. 751-877)
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The symbolic language of authority in the Carolingian world (c. 751-877)
(Brill's series on the Early Middle Ages, v. 16)
Brill, 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-381) and index
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Description
This book is not a conventional political narrative of Carolingian history shaped by narrative sources, capitularies, and charter material. It is structured, instead, by numismatic, diplomatic, liturgical, and iconographic sources and deals with political signs, images, and fixed formulas in them as interconnected elements in a symbolic language that was used in the indirect negotiation and maintenance of Carolingian authority. Building on the comprehensive analysis of royal liturgy, intitulature, iconography, and graphic signs and responding to recent interpretations of early medieval politics, this book offers a fresh view of Carolingian political culture and of corresponding roles that royal/imperial courts, larger monasteries, and human agents played there.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Preface
1. The Symbolic Language of Carolingian Authoruty
2. Vox auctoritatis: The Carolinian Liturgy of Authority
3. Nomen auctoritatis: Communication of Authority in Carolingian Titles
4. Signum auctoritatis: Changing Signs of Carolingian Authority
5. Imago auctoritatis: Visual Dialogue on Carolingian Authority
6. Conclusion: The Transformation of the Symbolic Language of Carolingian Authority
Epilogue
Appendices
Seleced Bibliography
Index
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