How much material damage did the Northmen actually do to ninth-century Europe?
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the material damage the Northmen perpetrated in Northern Europe during the ninth-century, and the effects of their raids on the economy of the Carolingian empire.
Rex Francorum et rex Angul-Saxonum: a comparison of Einhard’s Vita Karoli Magni and Asser’s De Rebus Gestis Ælfredi
Rex Francorum et rex Angul-Saxonum: a comparison of Einhard’s Vita Karoli Magni and Asser’s De Rebus Gestis Ælfredi By Helen Ann Hund Master’s…
Documents and interpretation: UNITS OF MEASUREMENT IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL ECONOMY: THE EXAMPLE OF CAROLINGIAN FOOD RATIONS
Documents and interpretation: UNITS OF MEASUREMENT IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL ECONOMY: THE EXAMPLE OF CAROLINGIAN FOOD RATIONS DEVROEY, JEAN-PIERRE History, Vol.1 (1987) Abstract It…
BIBLICAL JUDITH IN THE IDEOLOGY OF QUEENSHIP OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
BIBLICAL JUDITH IN THE IDEOLOGY OF QUEENSHIP OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES Pac, Grzegorz (University of Warsaw, Poland) Quest, Issue 6, Spring (2009)…
The Significance of the Coronation of Charlemagne
On Christmas Day in the year 800 A.D. Charlemagne, king of the Franks and part of the Carolingian line, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III (795-816).
TRANSLATION ACCOUNTS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF POPULAR BELIEF IN THE HAGIOGRAPHY OF THE COMMUNITY OF ST FILIBERT
TRANSLATION ACCOUNTS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF POPULAR BELIEF IN THE HAGIOGRAPHY OF THE COMMUNITY OF ST FILIBERT Harding, Christian (University of St Andrews, Scotland)…
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…
Carolingian Arms and Armor in the Ninth Century
Carolingian Arms and Armor in the Ninth Century By Simon Coupland Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Vol.21 (1990) Introduction: This study seeks to ascertain…
Agobard of Lyon: An Exploration of Carolingian Jewish-Christian Relations
Agobard of Lyon: An Exploration of Carolingian Jewish-Christian Relations By Anna Beth Langenwalter PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 2009 Abstract: Agobard of Lyon…
The Frankish Tribute Payments to the Vikings and their Consequences
The Frankish Tribute Payments to the Vikings and their Consequences By Simon Coupland Francia, Vol. 26:1 (1999) “They ransom with tributes what they…
Mutating Monsters: Approaches to “Living Texts” of the Carolingian Era
Mutating Monsters: Approaches to “Living Texts” of the Carolingian Era By Abigail Firey Digital Proceedings of the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript…
Scandinavian way of communication with the Carolingians and the Ottonians
Scandinavian way of communication with the Carolingians and the Ottonians By Minoru Ozawa Hermeneutique du texte d’histoire: orientation, interpretation et questions nouvelles (2009) Introduction:…
History Professor Publishes Groundbreaking Book on Monasticism and Gender
In Dark Age Bodies: Gender and Monastic Practice in the Early Medieval West professor Lynda L. Coon, chair of the University of Arkansas’ department…
Session 5: Texts, Rituals and the Social Order – Badly Ordered: Wallahfrid Strabo’s vision of the Carolingian World…
Badly Ordered: Wallahfrid Strabo’s vision of the Carolingian World in the Libellus de exordiis et incrementis quarandam in observationibus ecclesiasticis rerum Mary Zito…
Warfare and Society in the Carolingian Ostmark
Warfare and Society in the Carolingian Ostmark By Charles R. Bowlus Austrian History Yearbook, vol.14 (1978) Introduction: The relationship between military and social organization has…
Carolingian
Articles about Charlemagne, his heirs, and the Carolingian empire Security and insecurity of identity and status in the Frankish elite, by Stuart Airlie…
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.