1st Edition
Carolingian Connections Anglo-Saxon England and Carolingian Francia, c. 750–870
By Joanna Story
Copyright 2003
330 Pages
by
Routledge
330 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Anglo-Saxon influence on the Carolingian world has long been recognised by historians of the early medieval period. Wilhelm Levison, in particular, has drawn attention to the importance of the Anglo-Saxon contribution to the cultural and ecclesiastical development of Carolingian Francia in the central decades of the eighth century. What is much less familiar is the reverse process, by which... Read more
Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction: evidence and interpretation; Pippin, England, and the Merovingian legacy; Bishop George and the Legates' mission to England; Chronicled connections: Frankish annals and the historia regum; Exiles and the emperor; Francia and the Mercian supremacy; Francia and the rise of Wessex; Conclusion; Appendix: Evidence of anointing in 8th-century England; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Joanna Story
'Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' Choice 'Joanna Story has produced a well-researched book that engages with modern scholarship, building on others' findings as much as she revises.' The Medieval Review 'This work is revealing, relevant, and a valuable contribution to medieval history and an extremely useful addition to the corpus of texts on this period in European history.' Speculum
