The Royal Safeguard in Medieval France
In the eyes of contemporaries, the royal safeguard of the fourteenth century descended from an unbroken tradition going back to the emunitas and royal tuitio of Merovingian Frankland.
Episcopal Liberty and the Council of Paris (556/73)
Halfond takes a look at the reign of Charibert I, the Merovigian ruler of the Kingdom of Paris from 561-567, and his early relations with the church.
The role of the nobility in the creation of Gallo-Frankish society in the late fifth and sixth centuries AD
The role of the nobility in the creation of Gallo-Frankish society in the late fifth and sixth centuries AD Wood, Catrin Mair Lewis PhD…
Germanic Women: Mundium and Property, 400-1000
Germanic Women: Mundium and Property, 400-1000 Dunn, Kimberlee Harper (University of North Texas) M.A. Thesis (Science), University of North Texas, August (2006) Abstract…
Lex Salica and the Carolingian ‘Frankish’ Past
Lex Salica and the Carolingian ‘Frankish’ Past Turnbull, Anna Revealing Records II Conference, King’s College London (2010) Abstract The year 751 is regarded…
Valiant Longhaired Warriors: Symbolizing the Christianity of Merovingian Gaul
Valiant Longhaired Warriors: Symbolizing the Christianity of Merovingian Gaul By Melissa R. Phillips Honor’s Thesis, Vanderbilt University, 2001 Introduction: Scholars of medieval history…
A Merovingian Commentary on the Four Gospels
A Merovingian Commentary on the Four Gospels Hen, Yitzhak Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes, 49 (2003) Abstract The Bible was a vital force in…
The Historiography of Elites in Gaul
I take the term ‘elites’ to signal a call for new approaches. It is a more inclusive term than ‘aristocracy’ or ‘nobility’. It includes kings (and queens) as well as aristocrats. It includes clergy as well as laity. It also calls us to look below the level of the high aristocracy: how broad is an elite? Can it include what historians of Anglo-Saxon England would call ‘the gentry’? How many elites are there?
Between Arles, Rome, and Toledo: Gallic collections of canon law in Late Antiquity
Between Arles, Rome, and Toledo: Gallic collections of canon law ¡n Late Antiquity By Ralph W. Mathisen Fronteras Religiosas entre Roma, Bizancio, Damasco…
Merovingian History and Merovingian Hagiography
Merovingian History and Merovingian Hagiography By Paul Fouracre Past and Present, Vol. 127:1 (1990) Introduction: In a recent survey aimed at providing a…
Far from Barbaric: Re-assessing the Sophistication of Merovingian Metalworking
Far from Barbaric: Re-assessing the Sophistication of Merovingian Metalworking By Robert M. Ehrenreich, Elizabeth Hamilton, and Samuel K. Nash JOM, Vol. 57:8 (2005)…
The Merovingian and Carolingian Dynasties
Merovingian and Carolingian history articles available through Medievalists.net are listed here, including the reign of Charlemagne. Security and insecurity of identity and status…
Archaeology and history: Proposals on the social structure of the Merovingian kingdom
Archaeology and history: Proposals on the social structure of the Merovingian kingdom Steuer, Heiko The Birth of Europe : Archaeology and Social Development…
We have chosen a few things from among many: the adaptations and suitability of nuns’ rules in Merovingian Gaul
For female monasticism, the sixth and seventh centuries represent a period during which women religious and monastic authorities were struggling to define and organize the monastic community in a way that would best serve the needs of women in the community.
The Peasant Rusticus: Life near Paris in the Time of Clovis
‘History,’ wrote the late Eileen Power, ‘is largely made up of Bodos.’ With that final sentence of her essay on Bodo, a Carolingian-era peasant near Paris….
Why Eastern Women Matter: The Influence of Byzantine Empresses on Western Queenship during the Middle Ages
My research proposes that the imperial women of the east had an important and discernable influence on the royal women of the west. In order to show this influence I examine the nature of western queenship by analyzing the Merovingian, Carolingian, and Ottonian dynasties.
The recruitment of armies in the early middle ages: what can we know?
The recruitment of armies in the early middle ages: what can we know? By Timothy Reuter Military Aspects of Scandinavian Society in a…
Secondary responses to fear and grief in Gregory of Tours’ Libri historiarum
Secondary responses to fear and grief in Gregory of Tours’ Libri historiarum By Ron F. Newbold Studia Humaniora Tartuensia, vol. 7 (2006) Abstract:…
How Popular Was Early Medieval Devotion?
How Popular Was Early Medieval Devotion? Wood, Ian Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 14 (1997) Abstract At the end of a seminal paper…
The rise of the Carolingians or the decline of the Merovingians?
The transference of power from the Merovingians to the Carolingians in France is one of the most confusing periods of early medieval history.