Rituals of power
Subtitle: from late antiquity to the early Middle Ages
By: edited by Frans Theuws and Janet L. Nelson
Contributors: Theuws, F.; Nelson, Janet L
Series: The transformation of the Roman world -- v. 8
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 503
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies -- Europe; Europe -- History -- To 476; Europe -- History -- 392-814
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: Introduction : rituals in transforming societies / Frans Theuws; value: Migration period Europe : the formation of a political mentality / Lotte Hedeager; value: The theoretical strength and practical weakness of the Visigothic monarchy of Toledo / Pablo Diaz and Ma.R. Valverde; value: Kingship rituals and ideology in Lombard Italy / Stefano Gasparri; value: Imperial funerals in the later Roman Empire : change and continuity / Javier Arce; value: Carolingian royal funerals / Janet L. Nelson; value: Transformations of penance / Mayke de Jong; value: The dead and their gifts. The will of Eberhard, count of Friuli, and his wife Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious (863-864) / Christina La Rocca and Luigi Provero; value: Frankish giving of arms and rituals of power : continuity and change in the Carolingian period / Régine Le Jan; value: Beyond power : ceremonial exchanges in Beowulf / Jos Bazelmans; value: The circulation of weapons in Anglo-Saxon society / Heinrich Härke; value: A kind of mirror for men : sword depositions in late antique northern Gaul / Frans Theuws and Monica Alkemade; value: Rituals of power : by way of conclusion / Janet L. Nelson