Frankland : the Franks and the world of the early middle ages : essays in honour of Dame Jinty Nelson / edited by Paul Fouracre and David Ganz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Janet L. (Janet Laughland), 1942-

Fouracre, Paul.

Ganz, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franks--History.

Franks.

History.

Carolingians.

Civilization, Medieval.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xvi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, [2008]

Summary:

This Collection of highly original essays by leading early medieval historians honours the work and career of Dame Janet (Jinty) Nelson, one of the most respected and influential scholars of her generation. The essays build on the spirit of Janet Nelson's work by linking the study of Francia with at least one other area or general theme of early medieval history. The papers range across all of the regions of Europe affected by Frankish culture and explore themes which reflect the cutting edge of the work inspired by Janet Nelson: memory, queenship, the treatment of prisoners of war, penance, the use of property, historiography, palaeography, prosopography and religious organization. The volume includes an appreciation of Janet Nelson's career and it is rounded off by a topical index which serves to highlight the thematic aspects.

The contributors are drawn from those who have worked alongside Janet Nelson in London and also from some of her former students. They include David Bates, Stephen Baxter, Wendy Davies, Paul Fouracre, David Ganz, John Gillingham, Matthew Innes, Sarah Hamilton, Paul Kershaw, C. P. Lewis, Simon MacLean, Susan Reynolds, Theo Riches, Rachel Stone, and Alan Thacker.

This book is ideally suited to advanced students and lecturers in Medieval History, Old English and Medieval Studies, and general readers of early medieval history.

Contents:

Introduction: Dame Jinty Nelson ... An appreciation / Paul Fouracre, David Ganz 1

1 Charters, law codes and formulae: the Franks between theory and practice / Alice Rio 7

2 Compulsory purchase in the earlier Middle Ages / Susan Reynolds 28

3 Gallic or Greek? Archbishops in England from Theodore to Ecgberht / Alan Thacker 44

4 Forgetting and remembering Dagobert II: the English connection / Paul Fouracre 70

5 Some Carolingian questions from Charlemagne's days / David Ganz 90

6 'Immune from heresy': defining the boundaries of Carolingian Christianity / Matthew Innes 101

7 English history and Irish readers in the Frankish World / Paul Kershaw 126

8 In search of the Carolingian 'dear lord' / Rachel Stone 152

9 Making a difference in tenth-century politics: King Athelstan's sisters and Frankish queenship / Simon MacLean 167

10 The Carolingian capture of Aachen in 978 and its historiographical footprint / Theo Riches 191

11 Absoluimus uos uice beati petri apostolorum principis: episcopal authority and the reconciliation of excommunicants in England and Francia c.900-c.1150 / Sarah Hamilton 209

12 Fontenoy and after: pursuing enemies to death in France between the ninth and the eleventh centuries / John Gillingham 242

13 The death of Burgheard son of AElfgar and its context / Stephen Baxter 266

14 The representation of queens and queenship in Anglo-Norman royal charters / David Bates 285

15 Franks and Bretons: the impact of political climate and historiographical tradition on writing their ninth-century history / Wendy Davies 304

Appendix The estates and lordships attached to Burgheard in Domesday Book 322

Professor Janet L. Nelson's publications 324

Tabula gratulatoria 331.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780719076695

0719076692

OCLC:

181601629