Rethinking the Carolingian Reforms

Arthur Westwell, Ingrid Rembold, Carine van Rhijn (Universitair docent-onderzoeker (lecturer))

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Manchester University Press
07 August 2024

Historiography; Medieval history; Social & cultural history; History of religion

Carolingian culture has often been treated as an elite affair with little effect beyond a restricted circle close to the royal court. To do justice to the diversity of extant material, our traditional focal points need to be recontextualised. Many understudied manuscripts testify to a much wider circle of people, be it the anonymous schoolmaster who developed a better method of teaching Latin, the equally unnamed cleric who created new forms of liturgy, or all the people in monastic libraries who copied, reorganised, commented on and studied each other’s books. These anonymous figures were not passive recipients of royal prescriptions. They were active agents who helped shape and reshape the ideas and ideals of their world, and their texts and manuscripts should be studied side by side with those composed by well-known authors. In so doing, a much more dynamic and collaborative image of Carolingian culture emerges.

Edited by: Arthur Westwell, Ingrid Rembold, Carine van Rhijn (Universitair docent-onderzoeker (lecturer))
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 343g
ISBN: 9781526178787
ISBN 10: 1526178788
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 07 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Arthur Westwell is wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Universität Regensburg Ingrid Rembold is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester Carine van Rhijn is a Lecturer in Medieval History at Utrecht University -- .