History and Memory in the Carolingian World

by Rosamond McKitterick

2021-01-07 19:27:19

This study reveals the remarkable quantity of varied forms and new types of history written in the Frankish realms of Western Europe during the eighth and ninth centuries. The Franks also preserved the classical and Judaeo-Christian histories from ea... Read more
This study reveals the remarkable quantity of varied forms and new types of history written in the Frankish realms of Western Europe during the eighth and ninth centuries. The Franks also preserved the classical and Judaeo-Christian histories from earlier centuries. Their books reflect a highly sophisticated and many-layered understanding of the past as well as a very creative use of history. Rosamond McKitterick illuminates the extraordinarily influential role of these history texts in the formation of political ideologies and senses of identity within Europe. Less

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File size9.02 X 5.98 X 0.94 in
Print pages354
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date July 29, 2004
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521827171

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