Using and Not Using the Past after the Carolingian Empire: c. 900-c.1050
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Using and Not Using the Past after the Carolingian Empire: c. 900-c.1050

Using and Not Using the Past after the Carolingian Empire: c. 900-c.1050

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Sarah Greer (Contributor) Alice Hicklin (Contributor) Stefan Esders (Contributor)  

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Using and Not Using the Past after the Carolingian Empire offers a new take on European history from c.900 to c.1050, examining the 'post-Carolingian' period in its own right and presenting it as a time of creative experimentation with new forms of authority and legitimacy. In the late eighth century, the Frankish king Charlemagne put together a new empire. Less than a century later, that empire had collapsed. The story of Europe following the end of the Carolingian empire has often been presented as a tragedy: a time of turbulence and disintegration, out of which the new, recognisably medieval kingdoms of Europe emerged. This collection offers a different perspective. Taking a transnational approach, the authors contemplate the new social and political order that emerged in tenth- and eleventh-century Europe and examine how those shaping this new order saw themselves in relation to the past. Each chapter explores how the past was used creatively by actors in the regions of the former Carolingian Empire to search for political, legal and social legitimacy in a turbulent new political order. Advancing the debates on the uses of the past in the early Middle Ages and prompting reconsideration of the narratives that have traditionally dominated modern writing on this period, Using and Not Using the Past after the Carolingian Empire is ideal for students and scholars of tenth- and eleventh-century European history. 5 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Halftones, black and white
Sarah Greer is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of St Andrews. Her research explores the relationships between memory and power in the long tenth century. Alice Hicklin is a post-doctoral fellow at the Freie Universitaet Berlin. Her research compares legal and diplomatic practices throughout western Europe in the early middle ages.Stefan Esders is professor of Late Antique and Early Medieval History at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, specialising in legal history. He has recently co-edited East and West in the Early Middle Ages: The Merovingian Kingdoms in Mediterranean Perspective (2019) with Yaniv Fox, Yitzhak Hen and Laury Sarti.
  • Contributor: Sarah Greer
  • Imprint: Routledge
  • ISBN13: 9780367002527
  • Number of Pages: 308
  • Packaged Dimensions: 156x234mm
  • Packaged Weight: 490
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Release Date: 2019-10-28
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Sarah Greer is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of St Andrews. Her research explores the relationships between memory and power in the long tenth century. Alice Hicklin is a post-doctoral fellow at the Freie Universitaet Berlin. Her research compares legal and diplomatic practices throughout western Europe in the early middle ages.Stefan Esders is professor of Late Antique and Early Medieval History at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, specialising in legal history. He has recently co-edited East and West in the Early Middle Ages: The Merovingian Kingdoms in Mediterranean Perspective (2019) with Yaniv Fox, Yitzhak Hen and Laury Sarti.

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