The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe

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University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993 - Broj stranica: 398

Pierre Riché traces the emergence of Europe from the seventh to the early eleventh century, the period that witnessed the rise, fall, and revival of the Carolinian Empire. It was during this time the first contours of a broad new civilization and the first visible signs of European unity are discernable.

Until the seventh century Europe was simply a geographic term; as Isidore of Seville defined it, Europe was "the space that extended from the river Don to Spain and the Atlantic." By the ninth century, however, Europe had gradually acquired a collective being with a shared identity. The political, cultural, and spiritual activity of laymen and churchmen had fostered the creation of a common European fold, which stretched from the Atlantic to the Vistula, and the plains of the middle Danube.

The transformation was due in large part to the Carolinians, their relations, and their allies, who together became the masters of Gaul and then much of the West. Riché traces the destiny of the Carolingians and the parallel history of Europe, stressing the roles of the leaders who imposed themselves by force, diplomacy, and culture.

 

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WESTERN EUROPE IN THE SEVENTH
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The Rise of the Carolingians from the Early
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THE OBSTACLES TO POWER
20
THE PRINCIPATE OF PIPPIN II 687714
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Charles and His Methods of Action
36
THE REIGN OF CHARLES MARTEL
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THE REIGN OF PIPPIN THE GREAT
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The Prestige of Pippin III
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THE END OF THE IMPERIAL IDEAL 877888
211
The Kingdoms of Middle Gaul
226
The German Kingdom
228
TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION IN THE FIRST HALF
239
The Carolingian Restoration in Western Francia
246
THE CAROLINGIAN RESTORATION 936 TO THE CLOSE
255
The Restoration of the Empire
267
A Crossroads of Ottonians and Carolingians
274

THE FEATURES AND CIRCUMSTANCES
85
The Stages of Charlemagnes Conquests
92
Germany
100
Central and Eastern Europe
107
THE EMPEROR CHARLEMAGNE
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Emperor or Chieftain?
125
The Regionalization of Power
132
THE GOAL
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The Revolt of 830
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THE PARTITION OF 843
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THE EMPIRE Disbanded 843869
170
The Kings in Their Kingdoms
178
CHARLES THE BALD THE LAST GREAT CAROLINGIAN
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THE CAROLINGIAN CHURCH
285
Difficult Beginnings
296
The Expansion of Christendom
298
THE CAROLINGIANS AND THE RENEWAL OF WESTERN
312
The Successors of the Carolingians
322
Kings and Books
335
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The Heirs of the Carolingian Kings
350
Map of Merovingian and Carolingian Gaul
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Pierre Riche is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Paris X (Nanterre) and Former Director of the Center for Research in Late Antiquity and the High Middle Ages. He is the author of Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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