Paradigms and Methods in Early Medieval Studies
Title | Paradigms and Methods in Early Medieval Studies PDF eBook |
Author | C. Chazelle |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2016-04-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1137123052 |
The articles in this volume, by scholars all pursuing careers in the United States, concern the theoretical approaches and methods of early medieval studies. Most of the issues examined span the period from roughly 400 to 1000 CE and regions stretching from westernmost Eurasia to the Black Sea and the Baltic. This is the first volume of essays explicitly to reassess the heuristic structures and methodologies of research on "early medieval Europe." Because of its geographic, chronological, thematic, and methodological diversity and scope, the collection also showcases the breadth of early medieval studies currently practiced in the United States.
The Olsztyn Group in the Early Medieval Archaeology of the Baltic Region
Title | The Olsztyn Group in the Early Medieval Archaeology of the Baltic Region PDF eBook |
Author | Mirosław Rudnicki |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2018-11-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004381724 |
The The Olsztyn Group in the Early Medieval Archaeology of the Baltic Region: The Cemetry at Leleszki deals with a much neglected problem of the archaeology of the early Middle Ages. Between the 5th and the 7th century, the region of the Mazurian Lakes in northeastern Poland witnessed the rise of communities engaged in long-distant contacts with both Western and Eastern Europe. Known as the Olsztyn Group, the archaeological remains of those communities have revealed a remarkable wealth and diversity, which has attracted scholarly attention for more than 130 years. Besides offering a survey of the current state of research on the Olsztyn Group, Mirosław Rudnicki introduces the monographic study of the Leleszki cemetery (district of Szczytno, Poland) as one of the most representative sites. The prosperity and long-distance contact revealed by the examination of this cemetery shows that the West Baltic tribes had considerable influence in early medieval Europe, much more than scholars had been ready to admit until now.
A Companion to Boniface
Title | A Companion to Boniface PDF eBook |
Author | Michel Aaij |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 580 |
Release | 2020-06-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004425136 |
A survey of the life, historical and political impacts, and textual sources associated with the early medieval English missionary and church reformer Boniface, who was active in the eighth century in what is today Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
Illuminating the Word in the Early Middle Ages
Title | Illuminating the Word in the Early Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Nees |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 589 |
Release | 2023-07-31 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1009239554 |
This richly illustrated study addresses the essential first steps in the development of the new phenomenon of the illuminated book, which innovatively introduced colourful large letters and ornamental frames as guides for the reader's access to the text. Tracing their surprising origins within late Roman reading practices, Lawrence Nees shows how these decorative features stand as ancestors to features of printed and electronic books we take for granted today, including font choice, word spacing, punctuation and sentence capitalisation. Two hundred photographs, nearly all in colour, illustrate and document the decisive change in design from ancient to medieval books. Featuring an extended discussion of the importance of race and ethnicity in twentieth-century historiography, this book argues that the first steps in the development of this new style of book were taken on the European continent within classical practices of reading and writing, and not as, usually presented, among the non-Roman 'barbarians'.
In the Light of Medieval Spain
Title | In the Light of Medieval Spain PDF eBook |
Author | S. Doubleday |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 235 |
Release | 2008-08-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0230614086 |
This volume brings together a team of leading scholars in Spanish studies to interrogate the contemporary significance of the medieval past, offering a counterbalance to intellectual withdrawal from urgent public debates.
Reading Gender
Title | Reading Gender PDF eBook |
Author | Felice Lifshitz |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2023-04-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1000864057 |
This collection brings together twelve essays published between 1988 and 2014, two of which are here translated into English from (respectively) their original French or German. All the essays use gender as the main category of analysis, whether of late ancient or early medieval texts or of modern medievalist films. The historical studies of medieval Europe emphasize the use of manuscript-level evidence, that is, actual sources from the period in question; arguably, this approach provides a more accurate understanding of the period than does work done on the basis of printed and edited sources. Furthermore, many of the manuscript-based essays specifically exploit liturgical or liturgy-adjacent materials; this is an area of research and a type of manuscript that has rarely been approached through a gendered lens. Meanwhile, the cinematic medievalism essays focus on the processes of remediation and adaptation, searching specifically for points at which filmmaking teams diverged from their sources as evidence for the main goals of the films (while also attending to production contexts and to reception). The juxtaposition in a single collection of scholarship on medieval manuscripts and modern movies illustrates how period specialists can contribute to conversations in the field of (historical) film studies. The book will be of interest to historians of women, gender, Christian liturgy, medieval Europe, medievalism, and historical film. (CS 1110).
Charlemagne's Early Campaigns (768-777)
Title | Charlemagne's Early Campaigns (768-777) PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Bachrach |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 743 |
Release | 2013-03-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004244778 |
Charlemagne's Early Campaigns is the first book-length study of Charlemagne at war and its focus on the period 768-777 makes clear that the topic, for his forty-six year reign, is immense. The neglect of Charlemagne's campaigns and the diplomacy that undergirded them has truncated our understanding of the creation of the Carolingian empire and the great success enjoyed by its leader, who ranks with Frederick the Great and Napoleon among Europe's best. The critical deployment here of the numerous narrative and documentary sources combined with the systematic use of the immense corpus of archaeological evidence, much of which the result of excavations undertaken since World War II, is applied here, in detail, for the first time in order to broaden our understanding of Charlemagne's military strategy and campaign tactics. Charlemagne and his advisers emerge as very careful planners, with a thorough understanding of Roman military thinking, who were dedicated to the use of overwhelming force in order to win whenever possible without undertaking bloody combat. Charlemagne emerges from this study, to paraphrase a observation attributed to Scipio Africanus, as a military commander and not a warrior.