The long morning of medieval Europe : new directions in early medieval studies / edited by Jennifer R. Davis and Michael McCormick.

Contents Rethinking the structure of the early medieval economy / Chris Wickham -- Strong rulers weak economy? Rome, the Carolingians, and the archaeology of slavery in the first millennium AD / Joachim Henning -- The beginnings of hilltop Villages in early Medieval Tuscany / Riccardo Francovich -- Molecular Middle Ages: early Medieval economic history in the twenty-first century / Michael McCormick -- The early Medieval economy: data, production, exchange, and demand / Angeliki E. Laiou -- Latin hagiography before the ninth century: a synoptic view / Guy Philippart with Michel Trigalet -- Donationes pro anima: gift and countergift in the early Medieval liturgy / Arnold Angenendt -- The early Medieval transformation of piety / Thomas Head -- Observations on early Medieval weather in general, bloody rain in particular / Paul Edward Dutton -- The king says no: on the logic of type-scenes in late antique and early Medieval narrative / Joachín Martínez Pizarro -- Of arms and the (Ger)man: literary and material culture in the Waltharius / Jan M. Ziolkowski -- Representations and reality in early medieval literature / Danuta Shanzer -- Charlemagne and empire / Janet L. Nelson -- A pattern for power: Charlemagne's delegation of judicial responsibilities / Jennifer R. Davis -- Practices of property in the Carolingian empire / Matthew J. Innes -- The cunning of institutions / Stuart Airlie -- Charlemagne's balcony: the solarium in ninth-century narratives / Mayke de Jong -- Image and object: Christ's dual nature and the crisis of early Medieval art / Herbert L. Kessler -- Matter and meaning in the Carolingian world / Thomas F.X. Noble.
General note"This book emerged from 'New directions 2: The early Middle Ages today, a conference held at Harvard University in October 2004"--Foreword.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007022605
ISBN9780754662549 (alk. paper)
ISBN0754662543 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks CB353 .L66 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold