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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458445203321

Autore

McKitterick Rosamond

Titolo

Charlemagne : the formation of a European identity / / Rosamond McKitterick [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-18688-9

0-511-80331-1

1-281-38381-3

9786611383817

0-511-39803-4

0-511-39726-7

0-511-40083-7

0-511-39653-8

0-511-39884-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 460 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

944/.0142092

B

Soggetti

Carolingians - History

France Kings and rulers Biography

Holy Roman Empire Kings and rulers Biography

France History To 987

Holy Roman Empire History To 1517

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-442) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Representations of Charlemagne -- Pippinids, Arnulfings and Agilofings : the creation of a dynasty -- The royal court -- The king and the kingdom : communications and identities -- Correctio, knowledge and power.

Sommario/riassunto

Charlemagne is often claimed as the greatest ruler in Europe before Napoleon. This magisterial study re-examines Charlemagne the ruler and his reputation. It analyses the narrative representations of Charlemagne produced after his death, and thereafter focuses on the evidence from Charlemagne's lifetime concerning the creation of the



Carolingian dynasty and the growth of the kingdom, the court and the royal household, communications and identities in the Frankish realm in the context of government, and Charlemagne's religious and cultural strategies. The book offers a critical examination of the contemporary sources and in so doing transforms our understanding of the development of the Carolingian empire, the formation of Carolingian political identity, and the astonishing changes effected throughout Charlemagne's forty-six year period of rule. This is a major contribution to Carolingian history which will be essential reading for anyone interested in the medieval past. Rosamond McKitterick has also received the 2010 Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for History for her research into the Carolingians.