The Long Morning of Medieval Europe: New Directions in Early Medieval Studies

368 Pages·2016·5.201 MB·English

by  Jennifer R. Davis, Michael McCormick (eds.)

The Long Morning of MedievaL europe
To Paul Meyvaert
Friend and Teacher
The Long Morning of Medieval europe

new directions in early Medieval Studies
edited by
Jennifer r. davis and Michael McCormick
California Institute of Technology, USA and Harvard University, USA
First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
The long morning of medieval europe : new directions in early medieval studies
1.Civilization, Medieval - Congresses 2. Christian art and symbolism – Medieval, 500–1500
–Congresses 3. Carolingians – Congresses 4. europe – Social conditions – To 1492 –
Congresses 5. europe – economic conditions – To 1492 – Congresses 6. europe – Church
history – 600–1500 – Congresses 7. europe – politics and government – 476–1492 –
Congresses
i. davis, Jennifer r. ii. McCormick, Michael
940.1’4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The long morning of medieval europe : new directions in early medieval studies / edited by
Jennifer r. davis and Michael McCormick.
p.cm.
“This book emerged from ‘new directions 2: The early Middle ages today, a conference
held at harvard university in october 2004” – foreword.
includes index.
iSBn 978–0–7546–6254–9 (alk. paper)
1.Civilization, Medieval – Study and teaching – Congresses. 2. Civilization, Medieval
research – Congresses. 3. Middle ages – Study and teaching – Congresses. 4. Middle ages
–research – Congresses. 5. europe – Civilization – Study and teaching – Congresses.
6.europe – history –To 476 – Study and teaching – Congresses. 7. europe – history
–476–1492 – Study and teaching – Congresses.
i. davis, Jennifer r., 1975– ii. McCormick, Michael, 1951–
CB353.L66 2007
940.1–dc22 2007022605
ISBN 13: 978-0-7546-6254-9 (hbk)
Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
List of Contributors xi
Foreword xvii
List of Abbreviations xix
The early Middle ages: europe’s Long Morning
Jennifer R. Davis and Michael McCormick 1
PART ONE
discovering the early Medieval economy
Michael McCormick 13
1 rethinking the Structure of the early Medieval economy
Chris Wickham 19
2 Strong rulers – Weak economy? rome, the Carolingians
and the archaeology of Slavery in the first Millennium ad
Joachim Henning 33
3 The Beginnings of hilltop villages in early Medieval Tuscany
Riccardo Francovich† 55
4 Molecular Middle ages: early Medieval economic history in the
Twenty-first Century
Michael McCormick 83
5 The early Medieval economy: data, production, exchange and
demand
Angeliki E. Laiou 99
PART TWO
Sounding early Medieval holiness
Michael McCormick 107
6 Latin hagiography before the ninth Century: a Synoptic view
Guy Philippart with Michel Trigalet 111
vi The Long Morning of Medieval Europe
7 Donationes pro anima: gift and Countergift in the early
Medieval Liturgy
Arnold Angenendt 131
8 The early Medieval Transformation of piety
Thomas Head 155
PART THREE
representation and reality in the artistry of early Medieval Literature
Michael McCormick 163
9 observations on early Medieval Weather in general, Bloody rain
in particular
Paul Edward Dutton 167
10 The King Says no: on the Logic of Type-Scenes in Late
antique and early Medieval narrative
Joaquín Martínez Pizarro 181
11 of arms and the (ger)man: Literary and Material Culture
in the Waltharius
Jan M. Ziolkowski 193
12 representations and reality in early Medieval Literature
Danuta Shanzer 209
PART FOUR

practices of power in an early Medieval empire
Michael McCormick 219
13 Charlemagne and empire
Janet L. Nelson 223

14 a pattern for power: Charlemagne’s delegation of Judicial
responsibilities
Jennifer R. Davis 235
15 practices of property in the Carolingian empire
Matthew J. Innes 247
16 The Cunning of institutions
Stuart Airlie 267
Contents vii
PART FIVE

The intellectuality of early Medieval art
Michael McCormick 275
17 Charlemagne’s Balcony: The Solarium in ninth-Century narratives
Mayke de Jong 277
18 image and object: Christ’s dual nature and the Crisis of early
Medieval art
Herbert L. Kessler 291
19 Matter and Meaning in the Carolingian World
Thomas F.X. Noble 321
index 327
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