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The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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The Merovingian era is one of the best studied yet least well known
periods of European history. From the fifth to the eighth
centuries, the inhabitants of Gaul (what now comprises France,
southern Belgium, Luxembourg, Rhineland Germany, and part of modern
Switzerland), a mix of Gallo-Roman inhabitants and Germanic
arrivals under the political control of the Merovingian dynasty,
sought to preserve, use, and reimagine the political, cultural, and
religious power of ancient Rome while simultaneously forging the
beginnings of what would become medieval European culture. The
forty-six essays included in this volume highlight why the
Merovingian era is at the heart of historical debates about what
happened to Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The
essays demonstrate that the inhabitants of the Merovingian kingdoms
in these centuries created a culture that was the product of these
traditions and achieved a balance between the world they inherited
and the imaginative solutions they bequeathed to Europe. The
Handbook highlights new perspectives and scientific approaches that
shape our changing view of this extraordinary era by showing that
Merovingian Gaul was situated at the crossroads of Europe,
connecting the Mediterranean and the British Isles with the
Byzantine empire, and it benefited from the global reach of the
late Roman Empire. It tells the story of the Merovingian world
through archaeology, bio-archaeology, architecture, hagiographic
literature, history, liturgy, visionary literature and eschatology,
patristics, numismatics, and material culture.
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