Items related to Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne
In the growth of towns and the revival of commerce, historians have seen the development of a bourgeois and capitalist Europe, but Pierre Riché reminds us that Carolingians saw a world of forest and wasteland, in which scattered castles and villages were outposts against the savagery of nature, bands of outlaws, and a myriad of pagan superstitions. Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne gives us a vivid and deeply textured picture of the fear and insecurity that drove people, great and humble alike, to draw together with one another, with their stronger neighbors, and with God and His saints, in search of protection and sustenance.
Riché makes extensive use of modern social history techniques and the tools of new studies on nutrition, disease, demography, and climatology, as well as art history and archaeology, to comprehend the Carolingian mentality and reconstruct the material culture of the early European world.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Pierre Riche is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Paris X (Nanterre) and Former Director of the Center for Research in Late Antiquity and the High Middle Ages. He is the author of The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Language Notes:
Text: English, French (translation)
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherLiverpool University Press
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0853231249
- ISBN 13 9780853231240
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages334
- Rating
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne
Published by
Liverpool University Press, Liverpool
(1978)
ISBN 10: 0853231249
ISBN 13: 9780853231240
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Translated by Jo Ann McNamara. xvi, 334p., map, dj. Seller Inventory # 047435
Buy Used
US$ 25.00
Convert currency
Seller Image
Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne
Published by
Liverpool University Press, Liverpool
(1978)
ISBN 10: 0853231249
ISBN 13: 9780853231240
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Hard cover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket, in acceptable condition. General shelf and handling wear, DJ is shelfworn; tanning to front and rear, spine faded, and creasing and wear to edges, corners and folds. Spine head and foot lightly repaired with tape and small closed tear present. Within, pages are tightly bound, and content is clear, bright and unmarked. CN. Used. Seller Inventory # 544801
Buy Used
US$ 23.94
Convert currency
Stock Image
Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne
Published by
Liverpool University Press
(1978)
ISBN 10: 0853231249
ISBN 13: 9780853231240
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 18916421-6
Buy Used
US$ 26.57
Convert currency
Stock Image
Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne
Published by
Liverpool University Press
(1978)
ISBN 10: 0853231249
ISBN 13: 9780853231240
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 14421257-6
Buy Used
US$ 44.81
Convert currency