Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: History and memory in the Carolingian world
- 2 Carolingian history books
- 3 Paul the Deacon's Historia langobardorum and the Franks
- 4 The Carolingians on their past
- 5 Politics and history
- 6 Kingship and the writing of history
- 7 Social memory, commemoration and the book
- 8 History and memory in early medieval Bavaria
- 9 The reading of history at Lorsch and St Amand
- 10 Texts, authority and the history of the church
- 11 Christianity as history
- 12 Conclusion: History and its audiences in the Carolingian world
- Bibliography
- Index of manuscripts
- General index
List of abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: History and memory in the Carolingian world
- 2 Carolingian history books
- 3 Paul the Deacon's Historia langobardorum and the Franks
- 4 The Carolingians on their past
- 5 Politics and history
- 6 Kingship and the writing of history
- 7 Social memory, commemoration and the book
- 8 History and memory in early medieval Bavaria
- 9 The reading of history at Lorsch and St Amand
- 10 Texts, authority and the history of the church
- 11 Christianity as history
- 12 Conclusion: History and its audiences in the Carolingian world
- Bibliography
- Index of manuscripts
- General index
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- History and Memory in the Carolingian World , pp. xiii - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004