The Construction of Communities in the Early Middle Ages: Texts, Resources and Artifacts (Transformation of the Roman World) [Hardcover]

Richard Corradini (Editor), Max Diesenberger (Editor), Helmut Reimitz (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Transformation of the Roman World | Publication Date: December 1, 2002

This volume offers a comparative study of the ways in which the new communities that developed in the course of the 'transformation of the Roman world' (4th-8th centuries) were pulled together. In understanding the political, social, religious and ethnic formations in the early medieval West as "communities under construction," the various contributions attempt an exemplary discussion of the various forms in which significance and cohesion could be achieved. Case studies include the terminology of ethnicity; population movements (evacuees and refugees); treasures in their material and symbolic aspects; early kingship, cities and ethnic survivals of the Visigoths; Merovingian identities and hairstyles; Christian communities and historiography in the Frankish kingdoms.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 452 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (December 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004118624
• ISBN-13: 978-9004118621
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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