The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians 751-987

Autorentext
Rosamond McKitterick

Klappentext
This is the first modern book in any language to examine the entire history of the Carolingian 'dynasty' in western Europe in its full social, political and cultural context. Rosamond McKitterick's account of the Carolingian kings from Pippin III (751-768) to Louis V (986-987) is not told simply in terms of the rise and fall of a line which made, but could not hold, an empire; rather, she presents the Carolingian kings as remarkable succession of, for the most part, able rulers who raised themselves above their peers, extended their authority and landed wealth, and were only gradually ousted by contemporaries similarly hungry for power.

Zusammenfassung
Rosamond McKitterick examines the entire history of the Carolinian dynasty in its full political and cultural context. Her account tells of a succession of rulers during whose ascendancy the foundations of the governmental, administrative and ecclesiastical institutions of Europe were established.

Inhalt
List of figures. List of genealogical tables. List of maps. Preface. Acknowledgements. List of abbreviations. 1. The sources. 2. From major domus to rex francorum: the emergence of the Carolingians. 3. Conquest and consolidation: Pippin III and Charlemagne. 4. The means of ruling. 5. Louis the Pious and the Christian Empire. 6. The foundations of the Carolingian renaissance. 7. Charles the Bald and the defence of Carolingian kingship. 8. Scholarship, book production and libraries: the flowering of the Carolingian renaissance. 9. Normandy, Brittany and Flanders. 10. Odo and the emergence of the Robertians. 11. Learning and monasticism in the tenth century. 12. The last Carolingians
Bibliography of principal sources. A note on further reading. Genealogical tables. Maps. Index of manuscripts. General index

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