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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. -- .
This book explores social cohesion in rural settlements in western
Europe from 700-1050, asking to what extent settlements, or
districts, constituted units of social organisation. It focuses on
the interactions, interconnections and networks of people who lived
side by side - neighbours. Drawing evidence from most of the
current western European countries, the book plots and interrogates
the very different practices of this wide range of regions in a
systematically comparative framework. Neighbours and strangers
considers the variety of local responses to the supra-local agents
of landlords and rulers and the impact, such as it was, of those
agents on the small-scale residential group. It also assesses the
impact on local societies of the values, instructions and demands
of the wider literate world of Christianity, as delivered by local
priests. -- .
The grass-roots approach allows for a better understanding of
religion as it shows how it encompassed all spheres of daily life.
By exploring how pastoral care took shape at the local levels of
society, the volume is useful in showing how the ideal of leading
everybody to salvation was a central element of Carolingian
culture. This will be useful for all students and scholars who are
interested in the ecclesiastical history of Europe in the
Carolingian period. The various sections on the roles of the
priest, such as priests as experts, shows how well-educated local
priests did not only know how to baptise and preach, but could also
advise on matters concerning health, legal procedure and even the
future, which provides a more detailed and nuanced view of the role
of the priest in this period.
The grass-roots approach allows for a better understanding of
religion as it shows how it encompassed all spheres of daily life.
By exploring how pastoral care took shape at the local levels of
society, the volume is useful in showing how the ideal of leading
everybody to salvation was a central element of Carolingian
culture. This will be useful for all students and scholars who are
interested in the ecclesiastical history of Europe in the
Carolingian period. The various sections on the roles of the
priest, such as priests as experts, shows how well-educated local
priests did not only know how to baptise and preach, but could also
advise on matters concerning health, legal procedure and even the
future, which provides a more detailed and nuanced view of the role
of the priest in this period.
This volume in honour of Mayke De Jong offers twenty-five essays
focused upon the importance of religion to Frankish politics, a
discourse to which De Jong herself has contributed greatly in her
academic career. The prominent and internationally renowned
contributors offer fresh perspectives on various themes such as the
nature of royal authority, the definition of polity, unity and
dissent, ideas of correction and discipline, the power of rhetoric
and the rhetoric of power, and the diverse ways in which power was
institutionalised and employed by lay and ecclesiastical
authorities. As such, this volume offers a uniquely comprehensive
and valuable contribution to the field of medieval history, in
particular the study of the Frankish world in the eighth and ninth
centuries. -- .
This volume in honour of Mayke De Jong offers twenty-five essays
focused upon the importance of religion to Frankish politics, a
discourse to which De Jong herself has contributed greatly in her
academic career. The prominent and internationally renowned
contributors offer fresh perspectives on various themes such as the
nature of royal authority, the definition of polity, unity and
dissent, ideas of correction and discipline, the power of rhetoric
and the rhetoric of power, and the diverse ways in which power was
institutionalised and employed by lay and ecclesiastical
authorities. As such, this volume offers a uniquely comprehensive
and valuable contribution to the field of medieval history, in
particular the study of the Frankish world in the eighth and ninth
centuries. -- .
This book explores social cohesion in rural settlements in western
Europe from 700-1050, asking to what extent settlements, or
districts, constituted units of social organisation. It focuses on
the interactions, interconnections and networks of people who lived
side by side - neighbours. Drawing evidence from most of the
current western European countries, the book plots and interrogates
the very different practices of this wide range of regions in a
systematically comparative framework. It considers the variety of
local responses to the supra-local agents of landlords and rulers
and the impact, such as it was, of those agents on the small-scale
residential group. It also assesses the impact on local societies
of the values, instructions and demands of the wider literate world
of Christianity, as delivered by local priests. -- .
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