The Carolingian world

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The work The Carolingian world represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The Carolingian world

Statement of responsibility

Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes, Simon MacLean

Creator

• Costambeys, Marios

Contributor

• MacLean, Simon
• Innes, Matthew

Author

• MacLean, Simon
• Innes, Matthew

Subject

• Europe, Western -- Civilization
• Europe, Western -- History
• France -- Civilization
• France -- History -- To 987
• Carolingians -- History
• Civilization, Medieval
• Europe -- History -- 476-1492

Language

eng

Summary

At its height, the Carolingian empire spanned a million square kilometres of western Europe - from the English Channel to central Italy and northern Spain, and from the Atlantic to the fringes of modern Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. As the largest political unit for centuries, the empire dominated the region and left an enduring legacy for European culture. This comprehensive survey traces this great empire's history, from its origins around 700, with the rise to dominance of the Carolingian dynasty, through its expansion by ruthless military conquest and political manoeuvring in the eighth century, to the struggle to hold the empire together in the ninth. It places the complex political narrative in context, giving equal consideration to vital themes such as beliefs, peasant society, aristocratic culture and the economy. Accessibly written and authoritative, this book offers distinctive perspectives on a formative period in European history.--

Member of

• Cambridge medieval textbooks

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Provided by publisher

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UkCbUP

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Cambridge medieval textbooks
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks