The Carolingian World

Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
List of illustrations......Page 9
List of maps......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 13
List of abbreviations......Page 14
The Carolingian family (simplified)......Page 18
The children and grandchildren of Charlemagne......Page 19
The dawn of the Carolingian age......Page 21
Was there a Carolingian world?......Page 27
The sources for the Carolingian world......Page 31
Replacing the ruling dynasty......Page 47
The Merovingian world and Carolingian origins......Page 49
Charles Martel and the extension of Carolingian power......Page 57
Securing Carolingian hegemony: Pippin III......Page 63
Charlemagne as king......Page 72
3. Belief and culture......Page 90
The problem of Christianisation......Page 91
The problem of sin......Page 111
Christian leadership and learning......Page 127
Introduction......Page 156
The imperial coronation......Page 159
Governing the empire......Page 168
Dynastic politics, c.806–827......Page 185
Kingship and ‘subkingship’......Page 196
Revolt and recovery: dynastic politics 827–840......Page 200
Introduction: interpreting Carolingian society......Page 218
Villages......Page 223
Landowning and landowners......Page 231
Community and mobility......Page 235
Landlords and manors......Page 239
The problem of economic growth......Page 244
The powerful and the poor: social conflict in the Carolingian countryside......Page 248
Conclusion: community and conflict......Page 252
Introduction......Page 261
Aristocratic identity: vocabulary, appearance and lifestyle......Page 264
Aristocratic behaviour: upbringing, morality and culture......Page 279
Aristocratic families......Page 285
Aristocratic resources and relationships: honores, benefices and lordship......Page 292
Introduction: interpreting the Carolingian economy......Page 309
Mechanisms of exchange......Page 313
The North Sea economy......Page 319
The transformation of the emporia: the ninth century......Page 326
The Vikings and the Frankish economy......Page 331
Italy and the Mediterranean economy......Page 334
Conclusion: was there a Carolingian economy?......Page 347
Introduction: fraternal rivalry, 840–843......Page 357
Fraternal love, 843–877......Page 364
Government and resources......Page 379
The end of the empire, 877–888......Page 388
9. Epilogue......Page 400
Bibliography......Page 407
Index......Page 448