Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 316 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511496349
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought 4th ser., 47
Content:
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
Content:
Monasticism, spiritual patronage and social structure -- Land, kinship and status -- Local power: collective action, conflict and consensus -- Locality and centre: mechanisms of extraction -- Political power from the fifth to the eleventh century
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521594554
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521027168
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521594554
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511496349
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