Table of Contents

1. The Carolingian Renaissance: an introduction Giles Brown; 2. Kingship and empire: Carolingian political though, Janet L. Nelson; 3. The study of grammar Vivien Law; 4. Carolingian thought John Marenbon; 5. The writing of history Rosamond McKitterick; 6. Carolingian latin literature Mary Garrison; 7. Saints and relics in the Carolingian Renaissance Giles Brown; 8. Carolingian music Susan Rankin; 9. Script and book production Rosamond McKitterick; 10. Emulation and invention in Carolingian art George D. S. Henderson; 11. The legacy of the Carolingians Rosamond McKitterick; 12. German literature in the Frankish Kingdoms: a survey Cyril Edwards.

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A collection of essays on the remarkable cultural and intellectual creativity of the Carolingians in eight- and ninth-century Europe. No such comprehensive survey of this kind exists in any language.