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State and society in the early Middle Ages, the middle Rhine valley, 400-1000, Matthew Innes

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State and society in the early Middle Ages, the middle Rhine valley, 400-1000, Matthew Innes

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

State and society in the early Middle Ages

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

52610894

Responsibility statement

Matthew Innes

Series statement

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought, 4th ser., 47Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

the middle Rhine valley, 400-1000

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

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

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State & Society in the Early Middle Ages

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