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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.
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IS NOT an OCRd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Gerbert d'Aurillac (940-1003), devint pape sous le nom de Sylvestre
II (de 999 a 1003). Il fut aussi philosophe et mathematicien. Il
est le plus grand esprit de son temps, et introduisit les chiffres
arabes en Occident. Ses engagements politiques et intellectuel le
conduisirent aux plus hautes cours d'Europe: il assista notamment a
l'election par les grands de France d'Hugues Capet. Il oeuvra a
restaurer un empire universel sur les bases de l'Empire
Carolingien. Dans ce but, l'empereur du Saint-Empire romain
germanique Otton (980-1002) le placa sur le Saint-Siege. Il fut un
acteur scientifique et politique majeur du renouveau de l'Occident
medieval de l'an mil. S'il ecrivit des traites de mathematiques et
de philosophie, ses lettres offrent un apercu passionnant de la
periode et nous font rencontrer les grands personnages de
l'histoire d'Europe, comme saint Louis ou Emma, la reine des
Francs.
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