Frankland : the Franks and the world of the early Middle Ages : essays in honour of Dame Jinty Nelson /: the Franks and the world of the early Middle Ages : essays in honour of Dame Jinty Nelson. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Paul Fouracre and David Ganz.
• Editors: Fouracre, Paul; Ganz, David
• Other Names: Nelson, Janet L (Janet Laughland) 1942- honoree.
• Contents: List of contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- Dame Jinty Nelson: an appreciation / Paul Fouracre and David Ganz -- Charters, law codes and formulae: the Franks between theory and practice / Alice Rio -- Compulsory purchase in the earlier Middle Ages / Susan Reynolds -- Gallic or Greek? Archbishops in England from Theodore to Ecgbehrt / Alan Thacker -- Forgetting and remembering Dagobert II. The English connection / Paul Fouracre -- Some Carolingian questions from Charlemagne's days / David Ganz -- 'Immune from heresy'. Defining the boundaries of Carolingian Christianity / Matthew Innes -- English History and Irish Readers in the Frankish World / Paul Kershaw -- In search of the Carolingian 'dear lord' / Rachel Stone -- Making a difference in tenth-century politics: King Athelstan's sisters and Frankish queenship / Simon MacLean -- The Carolingian capture of Aachen in 978 and its historiographical footprint / Theo Riches -- ''Absoluimus uos uice beati petri apostolorum principis''. Episcopal authority and the reconciliation of excommunicants in England and Francia c. 900- c.1150 / Sarah Hamilton -- Fontenoy and after: pursuing enemies to death in France between the ninth and the eleventh centuries / John Gillingham -- The death of Burgheard son of Aelfgar and its context / Stephen Baxter -- The Representation of queenship in Anglo-Norman charters / David Bates -- Bretons and Franks: the impact of the modern political climate on writing the history of the early middle ages / Wendy Davies -- Appendix: Domesday entries for persons named Burgheard -- Publications of Professor Janet L. Nelson -- Tabula Gratulatoria -- Index of topics, compiled by C. P. Lewis.
• Publisher Details: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 340 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 944.01; Franks -- History; Carolingians -- History; Civilization, Medieval; Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500; Carolingians; Civilization, Medieval; Franks; Europe -- History -- 476-1492; Europe; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526148254; 1526148250
• Related ISBNs: 9780719076695; 9780719087721
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print record.
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