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The studies collected here cover a period of about 33 years, from
1986 to 2019, and represent a sustained effort to understand the
institutions of the Merovingian kingdom and its history. There has
long been a predisposition to cast the Merovingian period in the
dark colours of barbarism or to treat it with reference to personal
relationships and archaic institutions. The present volume,
instead, recognizes the Merovingian world not as an archaic,
primitive intrusion on the Mediterranean civilization of the Roman
Empire but simply as a participant in the wider commonwealth that
existed before and remained after the dissolution of the western
imperial system; in so doing, it serves to refute the scholarly
tendency to primitivize Merovingian governance, its underlying
institutions, and the broader culture upon which these rested. The
collection is divided into four parts. Part I considers the
question of whether Merovingian kingship should be viewed as a
species of archaic, 'sacral' kingship. Part II, on institutions,
has chapters that deal with various offices (the grafio and
centenarius), public institutions (especially immunity and public
security), and the broader makeup of the Merovingian state system.
Part III, on charters, procedure, and law, has chapters on the
profile of the charter evidence as now presented in the new MGH
edition of the Merovingian diplomas and one on particular
procedures before the royal tribunal, mistakenly referred to in
scholarship as 'fictitious' trials; a final chapter provides a
reflection on, and basic guide to, the law in general of the
successor kingdoms, with an eye to the evidence of Merovingian
Gaul. Part IV, a slight change of pace, deals with historiography,
both the modern variety (Reinhard Wenskus) and the Merovingian
(Gregory of Tours). All chapters deal extensively with the
historiography of their subjects. This book will appeal to students
and scholars alike interested in Early Medieval European history,
Merovingian history, Early Medieval law and society, Early Medieval
historiography, and the influence of Merovingian law and governance
on later centuries.
In this work, Christopher Dawson concludes that the period of the
4th to the 11th centuries, commonly known as the Dark Ages, was not
a barren prelude to the creative energy of the mediaeval world.
Instead, he argues that it is better described as ""ages of dawn"",
for it was in this rich and confused period that the complex and
creative interaction of the Roman Empire, the Christian Church, the
classical tradition and barbarous societies provided the foundation
for a vital, unified European culture. In an age of fragmentation
and the emergence of new nationalist forces, Dawson argued that if
""our civilization is to survive, it is essential that it should
develop a common European consciousness and sense of historic and
organic unity"". But he was clear that this unity required sources
deeper and more complex than the political and economic movements
on which so many had come to depend, and he insisted,
prophetically, that Europe would need to recover its Christian
roots if it was to survive.
Penance and confession were an integral part of medieval religious
life; essays explore literary evidence. Penance, confession and
their texts (penitential and confessors' manuals) are important
topics for an understanding of the middle ages, in relation to a
wide range of issues, from medieval social thought to Chaucer's
background. These essays treat a variety of different aspects of
the topic: subjects include the frequency and character of early
medieval penance; the summae and manuals for confessors, and the
ways in which these texts (written by males for males) constructed
women as sexual in nature; William of Auvergne's remarkable writing
on penance; and the relevance of confessors' manuals for
demographic history. JOHN BALDWIN's major study "From the Ordeal to
Confession", delivered as a Quodlibet lecture, traces the
appearance in French romances of the themes of a penitent's
contrition, the priest's job in listening, and the application of
the spiritual conseil and penitence. PETER BILLER is Professor of
Medieval History at the University of York; A.J. MINNIS is Douglas
Tracy Smith Professor of English, Yale University. Contributors:
PETER BILLER, ROB MEENS, ALEXANDER MURRAY, JACQUELINE MURRAY,
LESLEY SMITH, MICHAEL HAREN, JOHN BALDWIN
Penance and confession were an integral part of medieval religious
life; essays explore literary evidence. Penance, confession and
their texts (penitential and confessors' manuals) are important
topics for an understanding of the middle ages, in relation to a
wide range of issues, from medieval social thought to Chaucer's
background. These essays treat a variety of different aspects of
the topic: subjects include the frequency and character of early
medieval penance; the summae and manuals for confessors, and the
ways in which these texts (written by males for males) constructed
women as sexual in nature; William of Auvergne's remarkable writing
on penance; and the relevance of confessors' manuals for
demographic history. JOHN BALDWIN's major study `From the Ordeal to
Confession', delivered as a Quodlibet lecture, traces the
appearance in French romances of the themes of a penitent's
contrition, the priest's job in listening, and the application of
the spiritual conseil and penitence. PETER BILLER is Professor of
Medieval History at the University of York; A.J. MINNIS is Douglas
Tracy Smith Professor of English, Yale University. Contributors:
PETER BILLER, ROB MEENS, ALEXANDER MURRAY, JACQUELINE MURRAY,
LESLEY SMITH, MICHAEL HAREN, JOHN BALDWIN
Essays on medieval history inspired by, and engaging with, the work
of Jacques Le Goff. The essays in this volume arise from the
proceedings of a conference held in 1994 to celebrate the life and
work of the eminent French medievalist Jacques Le Goff. Set within
thematic sections -popular religion and heresy, the body, royalty
andits mystique, intellectuals in medieval society, and others
-many of the challenges raised by Le Goff are reassessed and
reapproached. There is an explicit historiographical focus in a
section on the reception and influence of Le Goff, with particular
reference to the Annales school of history with which he is
strongly identified; the volume also indicates the problems which
animate current research in medieval studies, especially in certain
areas of social and cultural history. MIRI RUBIN is Professor of
History, Queen Mary, University of London. Contributors: ALEXANDER
MURRAY, PETER BILLER, ANDRE VAUCHEZ, R.I. MOORE, OTTO GERHARD
OEXLE,LESTER K. LITTLE, WALTER SIMONS, ADELINE RUCQUOI, ALAIN
BOUREAU, JEAN DUBABIN, WILLIAM CHESTER JORDAN, PETER LINEHAN, MIRI
RUBIN, GABOR KLANICZAY, AARON GUREVICH, ROBIN BRIGGS, STUART CLARK
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