The Merovingian kingdoms, 450-751
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The Merovingian kingdoms, 450-751
Routledge, c1994
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"First published 1994 by Pearson Education Limited, published 2014 by Routledge"--T.p. verso
"Transferred to digital print on demand 2012"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-341) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A comprehensive survey which begins with the rise of the Franks, then examines the Merovingians.
Table of Contents
List of abbreviations.
Preface.
Introduction: Constructing Merovingian History.
1. The Barbarians in Gaul.
2. Literary continuity anddiscontinuity: Late-fifth-and-sixth-century culture.
3. The establishment of Merovingian power: the Franks before 537.
4. Kings and kingdoms: the structure of the realm in the 6th century.
5. The limites of ecclesiastical power: Episocopal jurisdiction and politics.
6. Stability in disunity: the civil wars of the 6th century.
7. Laws and law-codes: Merovingian legislation.
8. Royal women: Fredegund, ~Brunhilda and Radegund.
9. Redefining the Kingdom: Chlothar II, Dagobert I, Sigibert III and Clovis II.
10. The Merovingians and their neighbours.
11. The place of the monasteries: politics and the religious life, 613-64.
12. Land, wealth and the economy.
13. The failure of consensus: Merovingian politics from 656-80.
14. The culture of churchmen: education, theology and book-production in the later 7th century.
15. The check on ambition: Merovingian politics, 680-721.
16. Towards reunification: wars and politics, 721-751.
17. The Northern Emporia: Quentovic, Dorestad and the `Sceatta' economy.
18. Mission aaccomplished: the Merovingian church east of the Rhine.
Conclusion: The Merovingian achievement.
Bibliography.
Genealogies of the Merovingian family.
Prosopography of the Merovingian family.
Maps.
Index.
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