The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World

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Bonnie Effros (Head of the Department of History, Head of the Department of History, University of British Columbia) Isabel Moreira (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, University of Utah)

The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World

Bonnie Effros (Head of the Department of History, Head of the Department of History, University of British Columbia), Isabel Moreira (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, University of Utah)

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Oxford University Press Inc
04 August 2020

European history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Medieval European archaeology

Series: Oxford Handbooks

The Merovingian era is one of the best studied yet least well known periods of European history. From the fifth to the eighth centuries, the inhabitants of Gaul (what now comprises France, southern Belgium, Luxembourg, Rhineland Germany, and part of modern Switzerland), a mix of Gallo-Roman inhabitants and Germanic arrivals under the political control of the Merovingian dynasty, sought to preserve, use, and reimagine the political, cultural, and religious power of ancient Rome while simultaneously forging the beginnings of what would become medieval European culture.

The forty-six essays included in this volume highlight why the Merovingian era is at the heart of historical debates about what happened to Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The essays demonstrate that the inhabitants of the Merovingian kingdoms in these centuries created a culture that was the product of these traditions and achieved a balance between the world they inherited and the imaginative solutions they bequeathed to Europe. The Handbook highlights new perspectives and scientific approaches that shape our changing view of this extraordinary era by showing that Merovingian Gaul was situated at the crossroads of Europe, connecting the Mediterranean and the British Isles with the Byzantine empire, and it benefited from the global reach of the late Roman Empire. It tells the story of the Merovingian world through archaeology, bio-archaeology, architecture, hagiographic literature, history, liturgy, visionary literature and eschatology, patristics, numismatics, and material culture.

Edited by: Bonnie Effros (Head of the Department of History Head of the Department of History University of British Columbia), Isabel Moreira (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, University of Utah)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 175mm, Width: 249mm, Spine: 56mm
Weight: 2g
ISBN: 9780190234188
ISBN 10: 0190234180
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 1168
Publication Date: 04 August 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bonnie Effros, Professor and Head of the Department of History, University of British Columbia; Isabel Moreira, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Utah. Bonnie Effros is Professor and Head of the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. Isabel Moreira is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Utah.

Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World

The academic world of Merovingian studies finds here an extremely helpful, comprehensive, thoughtful, up-to-date representation of the epoch. The two editors may be congratulated for having brought all theseauthors and their papers together. * Early Medieval Europe *