Court Culture in the Early Middle Ages:The Proceedings of the First Alcuin Conference

Cubitt, Catherine, ed. (2003) Court Culture in the Early Middle Ages:The Proceedings of the First Alcuin Conference. Brepols. ISBN 978-2-503-51164-1

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Abstract

The role of the court in early medieval polities has long been recognised as an essential force in the running of the kingdom. The court was not only an organ of central government but a sociological community with its own ideology and culture, and a place where royal power was both displayed and negotiated. The studies within this volume reflect the diversity of modern court studies, considering the court as a social body and considering its educative and ideological activities. The contributors to this volume bring together historical, archaeological, art historical and literary approaches to the topic as they consider aspects of court life in England, Francia, Rome and Byzantium from the eighth to the tenth centuries. The volume therefore looks at court life in the round, emphasizes and invites connections between early medieval courts, and opens new perspectives for the understanding of early medieval courts.

Item Type: Book
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 17 Oct 2017 05:08
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2021 00:35
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/65157
DOI: 10.1484/M.SEM-EB.6.09070802050003050101060401

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