Politics and History in the Tenth Century : The Work and World of Richer of Reims
by
Jason Glenn
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
052103812X
ISBN-13
9780521038126
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 2nd, 2007
Print length
356 Pages
Weight
533 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.10 x 2.00 cms
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This book uses a history written by a late tenth-century monk as a point of departure for an exploration of the political, religious and intellectual culture of tenth-century France. It focuses chiefly on the ways that this monk and his contemporaries engaged in and reacted to contemporary political events.
This book stands at the intersection of recent work in historiography and the study of political culture in the early Middle Ages. It takes the autograph manuscript of a tenth-century monk, Richer, as a point of entry into the author's world, and asks how he and his contemporaries in the religious and intellectual community of Reims engaged in Frankish politics. By shifting focus from the events and actors that typically occupy centre stage in political theatre to the writing of history and its authors, it offers a sustained reflection on the relationship between politics and history. As a case study it aims, ultimately, to articulate possibilities for the study of early medieval politics and, at the same time, to provide a model for a type of historical inquiry in which the development of questions and the exploration of possibilities stand more prominent than the conclusions drawn from them.
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