The Merovingian kingdoms and the Mediterranean world: revisiting the sources

Stefan Esders (Editor), Yitzhak Hen (Editor), Pia Lucas (Editor), Tamar Rotman (Editor)

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Abstract

"The book explores the place of the Merovingian kingdoms in Gaul within a broader Mediterranean context. Their politics and culture have mostly been interpreted in terms of a local phenomenon, but as this book shows, the Merovingian kingdoms had complicated and multi-layered political, religious, and socio-cultural relations with their Mediterranean counterparts, from Visigothic Spain in the West to the Byzantine Empire in the East. The papers provide new insights into the history of the Merovingian kingdoms in their late-antique and early-medieval Mediterranean context, examining subjects from the formation of identity to the shape and rules of diplomatic relations, social, legal, and religious aspects that reflect cultural transfer, as well as voiced attitudes towards the other. The perspectives of the individual sources and their contextualization are at the centre of this analysis, and each paper thus begins with a short excerpt from a relevant source text, which then serves as a jumping board to the discussion of broader issues. This innovative structuring principle ensures discussions are accessible to students and non-specialists, without jeopardizing the high standard of academic debate and diligent historical analysis"--
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon, UK; New York, NY, USA
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages259
ISBN (Electronic)1350048399, 1350048410
ISBN (Print)1350048380, 9781350048386
StatePublished - 2019

Publication series

NameStudies in early medieval history
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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