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Author:   Janet L. Nelson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780367197742

ISBN 10:   036719774
Pages:   346
Publication Date:   30 September 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Alfred: ’A king across the sea’: Alfred in continental perspective; Wealth and wisdom: the politics of Alfred the Great; Reconstructing a royal family: reflections on Alfred from Asser, chapter 2; The political ideas of Alfred of Wessex; ..sicut olim gens Francorum...nunc gens Anglorum: Fulk’s letter to Alfred revisited; The Franks and the English in the 9th century reconsidered; Charles the Bald: Charles le Chauve et les utilisations du savoir; The Franks, the martyrology of Usuard and the martyrs of Cordoba; History-writing at the courts of Louis the Pious and Charles the Bald; La mort de Charles le Chauve; Frankish queens and princes: A propos des femmes royales dans les rapports entre le monde wisigothique et le monde franc à l’époque de Reccared; La famille de Charlemagne; The siting of the council at Frankfort: some reflections on family and politics; La cour impériale de Charlemagne; Early medieval rites of queen-making and the shaping of medieval queenship; A tale of two princes: politics, text and ideology in a Carolingian annal; Hincmar of Rheims on king-making: the evidence of the Annals of St Bertin, 861-882; Index.

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'The appearance of a new collection of essays from Professor Nelson merely needs to be signalled for its importance to be apparent.' Reviews in History

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