The long morning of medieval Europe
Subtitle: new directions in early medieval studies
By: edited by Jennifer R. Davis and Michael McCormick.
Contributors: Davis, Jennifer R., 1975-; McCormick, Michael, 1951-
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754662549
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval -- Study and teaching -- Congresses; Civilization, Medieval -- Research -- Congresses; Middle Ages -- Study and teaching -- Congresses; Middle Ages -- Research -- Congresses; Europe -- Civilization -- Study and teaching -- Congresses; Europe -- History -- To 476 -- Study and teaching -- Congresses; Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Study and teaching -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.; Congresses..
Notes: "This book emerged from 'New directions 2: The early Middle Ages today, a conference held at Harvard University in October 2004"--Foreword.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The early Middle Ages : Europe's long morning / Jennifer R. Davis and Michael McCormick; title: Rethinking the structure of the early medieval economy / Chris Wickham; title: Strong rulers, weak economy? Rome, the Carolingians, and the archaeology of slavery in the first millennium AD / Joachim Henning; title: The beginnings of hilltop villages in early medieval Tuscany / Riccardo Francovich0; title: Molecular middle ages : early medieval economic history in the 21st century / Michael McCormick; title: The early medieval economy : data, production, exchange, and demand / Angeliki E. Laiou; title: Latin hagiography before the ninth century : a synoptic view / Guy Philippart with Michel Trigalet; title: Donationes pro anima : gift and countergift in the early medieval liturgy / Arnold Angenendt; title: The early medieval transformation of piety / Thomas Head; title: Observations on early medieval weather in general, bloody rain in particular / Paul Edward Dutton; title: The king says no : on the logic of type-scenes in late antique and early medieval narrative / Joachín Martínez Pizarro; title: Of arms and the (Ger)man : literary and material culture in the Waltharius / Jan M. Ziolkowski; title: Representations and reality in early medieval literature / Danuta Shanzer; title: Charlemagne and empire / Janet L. Nelson; title: A pattern for power : Charlemagne's delegation of judicial responsibilities / Jennifer R. Davis; title: Practices of property in the Carolingian empire / Matthew J. Innes; title: The cunning of institutions / Stuart Airlie; title: Charlemagne's balcony : the solarium in ninth-century narratives / Mayke de Jong; title: Image and object : Christ's dual nature and the crisis of early medieval art / Herbert L. Kessler; title: Matter and meaning in the Carolingian world / Thomas F. X. Noble.