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Early Medieval Europe

An Atlas for Celtic Studies: Archaeology and Names in Ancient Europe and Early Medieval Ireland, Britain and Brittany
by John T. Koch, in collaboration with Raimund Karl, Antone Minard and Simon O'Faolain
An Atlas for Celtic Studies is a unique and comprehensive reference book that presents a huge amount of information on what is known about the Celts in Europe in the form of detailed maps. It combines thousands of Celtic place- and group names, as well as Celtic inscriptions and other mappable linguistic evidence. Moving away from a narrative story of the Celts, the aim of this ground-breaking publication is to empower the reader with a ...
Hardback. 'Reprint under consideration' - in practice this may mean that the book goes out of print, but orders will be recorded. Price GB £50.00

Avitus of Vienne: Letters and Selected Prose
Translated by Danuta Shanzer and Ian Wood
The first complete English translation of the `letter-collection' of Avitus, Bishop of Vienne, whose works provide an important source for the Burgundian kingdom, and western Europe, during the 6th century. The letters, which discuss theological and legal matters as well as more personal concerns, reflect the great changes and perils that faced the Roman empire during the late 5th and 6th centuries. 450p (Translated Texts for Historians 38, ...
Paperback. Temporarily out of stock at publishers - will be delayed. Orders will be recorded. Price GB £18.50

Morality and Masculinity in the Carolingian Empire
by Rachel Stone
What did it mean to be a Frankish nobleman in an age of reform? How could Carolingian lay nobles maintain their masculinity and their social position, while adhering to new and stricter moral demands by reformers concerning behaviour in war, sexual conduct and the correct use of power? This book explores the complex interaction between Christian moral ideals and social realities, and between religious reformers and the lay political elite they ...
Hardback. Price GB £60.00

An Age of Saints? Power Conflict and Dissent in Early Medieval Christianity
edited by Peter Sarris, Matthew Dal Santo and Phil Booth
The papers collected in this volume explore the strategies through which Christian authorities throughout the early medieval world both established and expressed their social position, while at the same time drawing attention to the moments when those same processes were resisted and challenged. Where previous studies of Christianisation have for the most part approached the issue of dissent through the continued existence of paganism and the ...
Hardback. Price GB £95.00

Ansgar, Rimbert and the Forged Foundations of Hamburg-Bremen
by Eric Knibbs
Ansgar and Rimbert, ninth-century bishops and missionaries to Denmark and Sweden, are fixtures of medieval ecclesiastical history. Rare is the survey that does not pause to mention their work among the pagan peoples of the North and their foundation of an archdiocese centered at Hamburg and Bremen. But Ansgar and Rimbert were also clever forgers who wove a complex tapestry of myths and half-truths about themselves and their mission. This book ...
Hardback. Price GB £65.00

Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome, AD 271-855
by Hendrick W. Dey
This book explores the relationship between the city of Rome and the Aurelian Wall during the six centuries following its construction in the 270s AD, a period when the city changed and contracted almost beyond recognition, as it evolved from imperial capital into the spiritual center of Western Christendom. The Wall became the single most prominent feature in the urban landscape, a dominating presence which came bodily to incarnate the ...
Hardback. Price GB £65.00

The Body Legal in Barbarian Law
by Lisi Oliver
The sixth to ninth centuries saw a flowering of written laws among the early Germanic tribes. These laws include tables of fines for personal injury, designed to offer a legal, non-violent alternative to blood feud. Using these personal injury tariffs, The Body Legal in Barbarian Law examines a variety of issues, including the interrelationships between victims, perpetrators, and their families; the causes and results of wounds inflicted in daily ...
Hardback. Price GB £42.00

Charlemagne's Survey of the Holy Land
by Michael McCormick
In Charlemagnes Survey of the Holy Land, Michael McCormick rehabilitates and reinterprets one of the most neglected and extraordinary sources from Charlemagnes revival of the Roman empire: the report of a fact-finding mission to the Christian church of the Holy Land. The roll of documents translated and edited in this volume preserves the most detailed statistical portrait before the Domesday Book of the finances, monuments (including exact ...
Hardback. Price GB £29.95

Christians in Al-Andalus, 711-1000
by Ann Christys
This study re-evaluates the limited body of evidence relating to the Christian experience in Muslim Al-Andalus. It concentrates on those sources written by Christians themselves, each chapter discussing a text or group of texts. Themes include conversion, martyrdom, accomodation and integration, and overall a picture is advanced which sees religion as less all-important in determining careers and attitudes than might be supposed. 231p ...
Paperback. Price GB £26.00
Hardback. Price GB £100.00

An Empire of Memory: The Legend of Charlemagne
by Matthew Gabriele
Covering the period from his death in 814 to the First Crusade this intriguing study examines the Charlemagne legend, the well of stories and images of a golden age which writers throughout the medieval west drew on, developed, elaborated and interacted with. In particular Gabriele aims to break down ideas of genre in relation to the Charlemagne material, showing that works about the same legendary events could be written as epic, chronicle, ...
Hardback. Price GB £55.00