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Court culture in the early Middle Ages : the proceedings of the first Alcuin Conference / edited by Catherine Cubitt.

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Format:
Book
Conference/Event
Author/Creator:
Alcuin Conference, Corporate Author.
Contributor:
University of York Centre for Medieval Studies., Content Provider.
Cubitt, Catherine, editor.
Conference Name:
Alcuin Conference (1st : 1998 : Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York)
Alcuin Conference.
Series:
Studies in the early Middle Ages ; Volume 3.
Studies in the Early Middle Ages
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Alcuin, 735-804--Congresses.
Alcuin.
Courts and courtiers--Congresses.
Courts and courtiers.
Civilization, Medieval--Congresses.
Civilization, Medieval.
France--Court and courtiers--Congresses.
France.
England--Court and courtiers--Congresses.
England.
Great Britain--History--Alfred, 871-899--Congresses.
Great Britain.
Europe--Court and courtiers--Congresses.
Europe.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (304 p.)
Place of Publication:
Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, 2003.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This volume sets the study of early medieval political culture upon a new footing by its wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination of the place of the court in the kingdom and its role as a centre of intellectual and religious debate.
Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Was Charlemagne's Court a Courtly Society; A Place of Discipline Carolingian Courts and Aristocratic Youth; Mathematics at Charlemagne's Court and Its Transmission; The Illustrated Manuscript of the Visio Baronti Revelatio Baronti; Carolingian Royal Palaces; Anglo Saxon Courts; Wrestling with Hercules King Alfred and the Classical Past; Persuasion and Invention at the Court of King Alfred the Great; Papal Court Culture during the Pontificate of Zacharias AD 741 52; Beyond the De Ceremoniis
The Byzantine Court and Byzantine ArtIndex
Notes:
Includes index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
2-503-52639-X
OCLC:
608158103

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