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Rethinking the Carolingian Reforms (Hardcover)
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Rethinking the Carolingian Reforms (Hardcover)
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The Carolingian period (c. 750-900) has traditionally been
described as one of ‘reform’ or ‘renaissance’, where
cultural and intellectual changes were imposed from above in a
programme of correctio. This view leans heavily on prescriptive
texts issued by kings and their entourages, foregrounding royal
initiative and the cultural products of a small intellectual elite.
However, attention to understudied texts and manuscripts of the
period reveals a vibrant striving for moral improvement and
positive change at all levels of society. This expressed itself in
a variety of ways for different individuals and communities, whose
personal relationships could be just as influential as top-down
prescription. The often anonymous creators and copyists in a huge
range of centres emerge as active participants in shaping and
re-shaping the ideals of their world. A much more dynamic picture
of Carolingian culture emerges when we widen our perspective to
include sources from beyond royal circles and intellectual elites.
This book reveals that the Carolingian age did not witness a
coherent programme of reform, nor one distinct to this period and
dependent exclusively on the strength of royal power. Rather, it
formed a particularly intense, well-funded and creative chapter in
the much longer history of moral improvement for the sake of
collective salvation. -- .
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