02738nam a22004334a 4500 28987 BD-DhAAL 20150314111142.0 150414s2011 enkab b 001 0deng 2010054602 9780521563666 (hardback) 0521563666 (hardback) 9780521564946 (pbk.) 0521564948 (pbk.) DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP BWX UPP DLC DC70 .C67 2011 944/.014 22 HIS010000 bisacsh Costambeys, Marios. 9527 The Carolingian world / Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes, Simon MacLean. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. xix, 505 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Cambridge medieval textbooks Includes bibliographical references and index. The creation of Carolingian kingship to 800 -- Belief and culture -- Inventing the Carolingian empire : politics and government, 800-840 -- Villages and villagers, land and landowners -- Elite society -- Exchange and trade : the Carolingian economy -- Sustaining the Carolingian empire : politics and government, 840-888 -- Epilogue. "At its height, the Carolingian empire spanned a million square kilometres of Western Europe--from the English Channel to central Italy and northern Spain, and from the Atlantic to the fringes of modern Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic. As the largest political unit for centuries, the empire dominated the region and left an enduring legacy for European culture. This long-awaited and comprehensive survey traces this great empire's history, from its origins around 700, with the rise to dominance of the Carolingian dynasty, through its expansion by ruthless military conquest and political manoeuvring in the eighth century, to the struggle to hold the empire together in the ninth. It places the complex political narrative in context, giving equal consideration to vital themes such as beliefs, peasant society, aristocratic culture, and the economy. Accessibly written yet authoritative, this book offers distinctive perspectives on a formative period in European history"-- Carolingians History. 9528 Civilization, Medieval. 6810 France History To 987. 9529 France Civilization. 9530 Europe, Western History. 9531 Europe, Western Civilization. 9532 Europe History 476-1492. 9533 Innes, Matthew. 9534 MacLean, Simon. 9535 Cambridge medieval textbooks. 9536 ddc BK 34009 34009 0 0 ddc 0 0 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2015-03-14 Paragon Enterprises 2375.00 1 6 944.014 COS 3010028987 2025-04-06 2025-02-18 1 2015-03-14 BK