Charlemagne's practice of empire / Jennifer R. Davis, the Catholic University of America.
by
Davis, Jennifer R., 1975- author.
ISBN
:
9781316374597
9781139924726
Title
:
Charlemagne's practice of empire / Jennifer R. Davis, the Catholic University of America.
Author
:
Davis, Jennifer R., 1975- author.
Personal Author
:
Davis, Jennifer R., 1975- author.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (xviii, 531 pages) : map
Contents
:
Introduction -- Part I. Strategic Rulership. Part I introduction : Tools of control and coercion ; Managing royal agents ; Disciplining royal agents ; Fractured control : Charlemagne's response to dissent ; Part I conclusion : Control and its limits -- Part II. Center and Region in Charlemagne's Empire. Part II introduction : Unity and diversity in Charlemagne's empire ; An empire of regions? ; The conquered regions as arenas for experimentation ; The nature of the empire : centralization and communication ; Part II conclusion : The imperial character of Charlemagne's realm -- Part III. An Empire of Practice. Part III introduction : Continuity, change, and the building of an empire ; The chronology of the reign ; Recta via : the dynamics of political change ; Part III conclusion: An empire of practice -- Conclusion: Charlemagne's invention of medieval rulership.
Local Note
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eBooks on EBSCOhost
Personal Subject
:
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814.
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814
Subject Term
:
Political leadership -- History -- To 1500.
Imperialism -- History -- To 1500.
Franks -- History -- 768-814.
Francs -- Histoire -- 768-814.
HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Franks
Imperialism
Political leadership
Politics and government
Verwaltung
Herrschaft
Politiskt ledarskap.
Imperialism.
Franker.
Historia.
Geographic Term
:
Europe -- Politics and government -- 476-1492.
Europe -- Politique et gouvernement -- 476-1492.
Europe
Fränkisches Reich
Format
:
Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
:
2015
Publication Information
:
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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944.0142092 23 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |