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A Companion to the Early Middle Ages


A Companion to the Early Middle Ages

Britain and Ireland c.500 - c.1100
Blackwell Companions to British History, Band 18 1. Aufl.

von: Pauline Stafford

43,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 30.03.2009
ISBN/EAN: 9781444311013
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 576

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<p><b>Drawing on 28 original essays, <i>A Companion to the Early Middle Ages</i> takes an inclusive approach to the history of Britain and Ireland from c.500 to c.1100 to overcome artificial distinctions of modern national boundaries.</b></p> <ul> <li>A collaborative history from leading scholars, covering the key debates and issues</li> <li>Surveys the building blocks of political society, and considers whether there were fundamental differences across Britain and Ireland</li> <li>Considers potential factors for change, including the economy, Christianisation, and the Vikings</li> </ul>
<p>List of Maps viii</p> <p>Notes on Contributors ix</p> <p>List of Abbreviations xiii</p> <p>Maps xv</p> <p><b>Part I Introductory Matter 1</b></p> <p><b>1 Introduction 3<br /> </b><i>Pauline Stafford</i></p> <p><b>2 Historiography 9<br /> </b><i>Pauline Stafford</i></p> <p><b>3 Sources 23<br /> </b><i>Pauline Stafford</i></p> <p><b>Part II Britain and Ireland, c.500–c.750 39</b></p> <p><b>4 Britain and Ireland, c.500 41<br /> </b><i>Barbara Yorke</i></p> <p><b>5 Economy 57<br /> </b><i>Howard B. Clarke</i></p> <p><b>6 Kings and Kingship 76<br /> </b><i>Barbara Yorke</i></p> <p><b>7 Communities and Kinship 91<br /> </b><i>David E. Thornton</i></p> <p><b>8 Social Structure 107<br /> </b><i>Thomas M. Charles-Edwards</i></p> <p><b>9 Britain, Ireland, and Europe, c.500–c.750 126<br /> </b><i>Paul Fouracre</i></p> <p><b>10 Conversions to Christianity 143<br /> </b><i>Huw Pryce</i></p> <p><b>11 Church Organization and Pastoral Care 160<br /> </b><i>Thomas Pickles</i></p> <p><b>12 Latin Learning and Christian Art 177<br /> </b><i>Martin J. Ryan</i></p> <p><b>Part III Britain and Ireland in the Long Ninth Century, c.750–c.900 193</b></p> <p><b>13 Viking Raids and Conquest 195<br /> </b><i>Dawn Hadley</i></p> <p><b>14 Scandinavian Settlement 212<br /> </b><i>Dawn Hadley</i></p> <p><b>15 Britain, Ireland, and Europe, c.750–c.900 231<br /> </b><i>Janet L. Nelson</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Britain and Ireland, C.900–c.1100 249</b></p> <p><b>16 Scotland 251<br /> </b><i>Alex Woolf</i></p> <p><b>17 Ireland, c.900–c.1000 268<br /> </b><i>Edel Bhreathnach</i></p> <p><b>18 Ireland, c.1000–c.1100 285<br /> </b><i>Seán Duffy</i></p> <p><b>19 Northumbria 303<br /> </b><i>William M. Aird</i></p> <p><b>20 Southumbria 322<br /> </b><i>Charles Insley</i></p> <p><b>21 Wales and West Britain 341<br /> </b><i>John Reuben Davies</i></p> <p><b>22 Britain, Ireland, and Europe, c.900–c.1100 358<br /> </b><i>Simon MacLean</i></p> <p><b>23 The Institutional Church 376<br /> </b><i>Catherine Cubitt</i></p> <p><b>24 Pastoral Care and Religious Belief 395<br /> </b><i>Catherine Cubitt</i></p> <p><b>25 Nobility 414<br /> </b><i>Julia Crick</i></p> <p><b>26 Settlement and Social Differentiation 432<br /> </b><i>Sally Crawford</i></p> <p><b>27 Localities 446<br /> </b><i>David E. Thornton</i></p> <p><b>28 Queens and Queenship 459<br /> </b><i>Pauline Stafford</i></p> <p>Bibliography 477</p> <p>Index 524</p>
"Yet another volume in this thoughtful, thought provoking and carefully written series has now appeared, this time focusing primarily on pre Norman Britain and Ireland from the end of the Roman period." (<i>Reference Reviews</i>, February 2010)<br /> <br />
<p><b>Pauline Stafford</b> is Professor Emerita at Liverpool University, previously Professor of Medieval History. She is a specialist in the history of Anglo-Saxon England and of women and gender in England and Europe from the eighth to twelfth centuries. Her previous publications include <i>Queens, Concubines and Dowagers, the King’s Wife in the Early Middle Ages</i> (1983, 1998), <i>Unification and Conquest, a Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries</i> (1989), <i>Queen Emma and Queen Edith</i> (1997, 2001), <i>Law, Laity and Solidarities</i> (2001), <i>Gender, Family and the Legitimation of Power: England from the Ninth to Early Twelfth Century</i> (2006), and the jointly edited <i>Gendering the Middle Ages</i> (2000).</p>
<p>This collection of 28 original essays by leading scholars covers the key debates and issues involved in writing a history of Britain and Ireland in the early middle ages. It moves away from the Anglo-centrism which has often characterised accounts of the centuries from the end of the Roman occupation of Britain up to the Norman Conquest of England and its aftermath. The essays combine inclusive and comparative approaches with the questioning of artificial distinctions of modern national boundaries. They are written in a clear, provocative, and lively manner and, taken as a whole, provide both a sophisticated and authoritative overview of the scholarship that has shaped our current understanding of the early medieval History of Britain and Ireland and a new view of that history.</p> <p>Drawing on the range of current historical scholarship, A Companion to the Early Middle Ages is the first reference work of its kind to demonstrate how such a genuinely inclusive approach to the history of Britain and Ireland from c.500 to c.1100 can transform our understanding of the period.</p>
<p>‘The concise presentation of complex information in introductory form is a great talent… The fact that all chapters of the book are consistently clear and readable as introductions to the non-specialist is impressive. That they challenge us conceptually and push at the boundaries of our understanding as well as our knowledge is more so.’ —<i>Reference Reviews</i></p>

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