Property and Power in the Early Middle Ages

Property and Power in the Early Middle Ages
Author: Wendy Davies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2002-08-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521522250

A collection of original essays on the relationship between property and power in early medieval Europe.

Politics and Power in Early Medieval Europe

Politics and Power in Early Medieval Europe
Author: Hans J. Hummer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2006-01-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139448544

How exactly did political power operate in early medieval Europe? Taking Alsace as his focus, Hans Hummer offers an intriguing new case study on localised and centralised power and the relationship between the two from c. 600–1000. Providing a panoramic survey of the sources from the region, which include charters, notarial formulas, royal instruments, and Old High German literature, he untangles the networks of monasteries and kin groups which made up the political landscape of Alsace, and shows the significance of monastic control in shaping that landscape. He also investigates this local structure in light of comparative evidence from other regions. He tracks the emergence of the distinctive local order during the seventh century to its eventual decline in the late tenth century in the face of radical monastic reform. Highly original and well balanced, this 2006 work is of interest to all students of medieval political structures.

Monastic Tithes

Monastic Tithes
Author: Giles Constable
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1964-01-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521047159

No tax in Europe can compare with tithes in its duration, the extent of its application and the economic burden it imposed. In this study Professor Constable considers the tithes paid to and by monks in the Middle Ages. In particular he examines why, by the twelfth century, most monks received tithes and many of them were freed from payment, in spite of earlier theory and practice by which monks, as distinct from the clergy, were usually forbidden to receive tithes and required to pay them. In the early Middle Ages monastic tithes were a matter not only of economics, but of doctrine, canon law and monastic theory. Their history lies in the borderland between theory and practice and Professor Constable studies them against a background of changes in property relationships, in the theory of tithing and in the nature of the monastic order.

Anatomy of a Duchy

Anatomy of a Duchy
Author: David Kalhous
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2012-07-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004229809

In Anatomy of a Duchy David Kalhous analyses military, social and "ideological" factors which may have led to the stabilisation of the P?emyslid regnum in 10th and 11 th century.

Thirttene Friends

Thirttene Friends
Author: Benjamin Towe
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2016-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 152464479X

Thirttene Friends is a prequel to the Elfdreams of Parallan and Donothor series and chronicles the early life of the sorcerer Rhiann Klarje and the sorcerers efforts to preserve the treasures of the world of Magick Sagain. The discovery of the source of Sagains Magick and a great spell that conquers space and time facilitates Rhianns travels to other worlds. and the establishment of the circle of Thirttene Friends in Green Vale in the World of the Three Suns. Preternatural Old Ones, including the Siren Maranna and a host of fantastic creatures, and steadfast Gnome friends help the young sorcerer in his efforts. Dark forces from within and without Sagain oppose his efforts. Thirttene Friends provides an introduction to the worlds Sagain, Donothor, and Parallan, the World of the bThree Suns. The stories continue in Lost Spellweaver, First Wandmaker, Wandmakers Burden, Emerald Islands, Menders Tomb, Deathquest to Parallan, Orb of Chalar, Chalice of Mystery, and Death of Magick.

Publications

Publications
Author: Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1910
Genre: Oxford (England)
ISBN:

The Le Mans Forgeries

The Le Mans Forgeries
Author: Walter A. Goffart
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1966
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674518759

On the basis of extensive manuscript study, Goffart disentangles the order of composition and authoritatively pronounces on the authenticity of the eighty-four Le Mans charters. Most of all, he insists that the forgeries are an essay on church property and its law.

The Bognor

The Bognor
Author: Richard Dally
Publisher:
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1828
Genre: Bognor (England)
ISBN: