The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 2, c.700–c.900

A comprehensive account of European medieval history from c.700–c.900.

Rosamond McKitterick (Edited by)

9781107460416, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 May 2015

1148 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 5.7 cm, 1.5 kg

'This is a massive and meticulously edited book, containing an impressive series of readily comprehensible expositions in lucid prose … there is no doubt that the book will be of immense use to students and will immensely reassure their teachers, while at the same time presenting these important centuries to a wider, albeit studious, public.' Early Medieval Europe

This volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History covers most of the period of Frankish and Carolingian dominance in western Europe. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the authors consider developments in Europe as a whole, from Ireland to the Bosphorus and Iceland to Gibraltar. The chapters offer an examination of the interaction between rulers and ruled, of how power and authority actually worked, and of the impact of these on the society and culture of Europe as a whole. The volume is divided into four parts. Part I encompasses the events and political developments in the whole of the British Isles, the west and east Frankish kingdoms, Scandinavia, the Slavic and Balkan regions, Spain, Italy, and those aspects of Byzantine and Muslim history which impinged on the west between c.700 and c.900. Parts II, III and IV cover common themes and topics within the general categories of government and institutions, the church and society, and cultural and intellectual development.

Part I. Political Development: 1. Introduction: sources and interpretation Rosamond McKitterick
2. The British Isles a) England 700–900 Simon Keynes
The British Isles b) Ireland, Wales and Scotland, c.700 to the early eleventh century Donnchadh O Corrain
The British Isles c) England and the Continent Rosamond McKitterick
3. Frankish Gaul to 814 Paul Fouracre
4. The Frankish kingdoms 814–898: the west Janet L. Nelson
5. The Frankish kingdoms 817–911: the east and middle kingdoms Johannes Fried
6. Fines imperii: the marches Julia M. H. Smith
7. The Vikings in Francia and Anglo-Saxon England to 911 Simon Coupland
8. Scandinavia, c.700–1066 Neils Lund
9. Slavs and Bulgars Jonathan Shepard
10. The Muslims in Europe Hugh Kennedy
11. Spain: the northern kingdoms and the Basques, 711–910 Roger Collins
12. Lombard and Carolingian Italy Paolo Delogu
13. Byzantine Italy, c.680–c.876 T. S. Brown
14. Byzantium and the West Michael McCormick
Part II. Government and Institutions: 15. Kingship and royal government Janet L. Nelson
16. The aristocracy Stuart Airlie
17. Social and military institutions Hans-Werner Goetz
18. Economic organization Adriaan Verhulst
19. Rural Society in Carolingian Europe C. J. Wickham
20. Money and coinage Mark Blackburn
Part III. Church and Society: 21. The papacy in the eighth and ninth centuries Thomas F. X. Noble
22. The organisation, law and liturgy of the western church, 700–900 Roger E. Reynolds
23. Carolingian monasticism: the power of prayer Mayke de Jong
24. Religion and lay society Julia M. H. Smith
Part IV. Cultural and Intellectual Developments: 25. Eighth-century foundations Rosamond McKitterick
26. Language and communication in Carolingian Europe Michel Banniard
27. The Carolingian Renaissance: education and literary culture John J. Contreni
28. Theology and the organisation of thought David Ganz
29. Book production in the Carolingian empire and the spread of Caroline minuscule David Ganz
30. Art and architecture Laurence Nees
Conclusion Rosamond McKitterick

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], European history [HBJD]