Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 609 p)
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ill., maps
ISBN:
1280914580
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9781280914584
Series Statement:
The transformation of the Roman world v. 6
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Topographies of power: introduction -- Cemeteries as places of power -- Topography and the creation of public space in early medieval Constantinople -- Topography, celebration, and power: the making of a papal Rome in the eighth and ninth centuries -- Monuments and memory: repossessing ancient remains in early medieval Gaul -- Cordoba in the Vita vel passio Argenteae -- Topographies of holy power in sixth-century Gaul -- Maastricht as a centre of power in the early Middle Ages -- Aachen as a place of power -- Convents, violence, and competition for power in seventh-century Francia -- One site, many meanings: Saint-Maurice d'Agaune as a place of power in the early Middle Ages -- Monastic prisoners or opting out? Political coercion and honour in the Frankish kingdoms -- Monasteries in a peripheral area: seventh-century Gallaecia -- Aedificatio sancti loci: the making of a ninth-century holy place -- People, places and power in Carolingian society -- The regia and the hring - barbarian places of power -- Asgard reconstructed? Gudme - a 'central place' in the North -- The lower Vistula area as a 'region of power' and its continental contacts -- Topographies of Power: Some conclusions -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Literature -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Photo section.
Note:
Chiefly papers presented at a conference held Sept. 7-11, 1998 at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [547]-597) and index
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Topographies of power: introduction""; ""Cemeteries as places of power""; ""Topography and the creation of public space in early medieval Constantinople""; ""Topography, celebration, and power: the making of a papal Rome in the eighth and ninth centuries""; ""Monuments and memory: repossessing ancient remains in early medieval Gaul""; ""Cordoba in the Vita vel passio Argenteae""; ""Topographies of holy power in sixth-century Gaul""; ""Maastricht as a centre of power in the early Middle Ages""; ""Aachen as a place of power""
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""Convents, violence, and competition for power in seventh-century Francia""""One site, many meanings: Saint-Maurice d'Agaune as a place of power in the early Middle Ages""; ""Monastic prisoners or opting out? Political coercion and honour in the Frankish kingdoms""; ""Monasteries in a peripheral area: seventh-century Gallaecia""; ""Aedificatio sancti loci: the making of a ninth-century holy place""; ""People, places and power in Carolingian society""; ""The regia and the hring � barbarian places of power""; ""Asgard reconstructed? Gudme � a 'central place' in the North""
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""The lower Vistula area as a 'region of power' and its continental contacts""""Topographies of Power: Some conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Primary sources""; ""Literature""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Photo section""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1280914564
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004117341
Additional Edition:
Print version Topographies of Power in the Early Middle Ages
Language:
English
