Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne (Paperback, Revised)

In the growth of towns and the revival of commerce, historians have seen the development of a bourgeois and capitalist Europe, but Pierre Riché reminds us that Carolingians saw a world of forest and wasteland, in which scattered castles and villages were outposts against the savagery of nature, bands of outlaws, and a myriad of pagan superstitions. Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne gives us a vivid and deeply textured picture of the fear and insecurity that drove people, great and humble alike, to draw together with one another, with their stronger neighbors, and with God and His saints, in search of protection and sustenance. Riché makes extensive use of modern social history techniques and the tools of new studies on nutrition, disease, demography, and climatology, as well as art history and archaeology, to comprehend the Carolingian mentality and reconstruct the material culture of the early European world.

General

Imprint:	University of PennsylvaniaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Middle Ages Series
Release date:	February 1988
First published:	1978
Authors:	Pierre Riche
Editors:	Jo Ann McNamara
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	352
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-8122-1096-5
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	0-8122-1096-4
Barcode:	9780812210965

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