the royal court and culture in the early Medieval West /
First Statement of Responsibility
Yitzhak Hen.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011 [2007].
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiii, 213 p. ;
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maps ;
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22 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Medieval culture and society
GENERAL NOTES
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Originally published: 2007.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: A series of unfortunate events -- Adaptation : the Ostrogothic court of Theoderic the Great -- Out of Africa : the Vandal court of Thrasamund -- Before and after : the Frankish court of Chlothar II and Dagobert I -- Music of the heart : the unusual case of King Sisebut -- Postcards from the edges : a prelude to the Carolingian Renaissance -- Conclusion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This study investigates the place of the royal court and the operation of patronage in several European kingdoms in the early Middle Ages. It seeks to identify the roots of later medieval developments, and especially of the Carolingian Renaissance, in the centuries immediately succeeding the period of Roman rule.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civilization, Medieval.
Courts and courtiers-- Intellectual life-- History-- To 1500.