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Rituals of power : from late antiquity to the early Middle Ages / edited by Frans Theuws and Janet L. Nelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Transformation of the Roman world ; Volume 8.
- Transformation of the Roman World Series ; Volume 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rites and ceremonies--Europe.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Europe--History--To 476.
- Europe.
- Europe--History--392-814.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2000]
- Summary:
- 13 papers by 16 leading archaeologists and historians of late antiquity and the early middle ages break new ground in their discussion, analysis and criticism of present interpretations of early medieval rituals and their material correlates. Some deal with rituals relating to death, life cycles and the circulation in other contexts of objects otherwise used in the burial ritual. Others are concerned with the symbolism and ideology of royal power, the formation of a political ideology east of the Rhine from the mid-5th century onwards, and penance rituals in relation to Carolingian episcopal discourse on ecclesiastical power and morale. All deal with the creation of new identities, cultures, norms and values, and their expression in new rituals and ideas from the period of the Great Migrations through the Later Roman Empire down to the society of Beowulf and the later Carolingians.
- Contents:
- Introduction : rituals in transforming societies
- Migration period Europe
- The theoretical strength and practical weakness of the Visigothic monarchy of Toledo
- Kingship rituals and ideology in Lombard Italy
- Imperial funerals in the later Roman Empire
- Carolingian royal funerals
- Transformations of penance
- The dead and their gifts
- Frankish giving of arms and rituals of power
- Beyond power : ceremonial exchanges in Beowulf
- The circulation of weapons in Anglo-Saxon society
- A kind of mirror for men : sword depositions in late antique northern Gaul
- Rituals of power : by way of conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004477551
- 9004477551
- OCLC:
- 945907885
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004477551 DOI
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