List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: a study in the education of a society? Marios Costambeys and Matthew Innes; Part I. Knowledge of the Past: 2. Flavius Josephus: the most influential classical historian of the early Middle Ages Richard Matthew Pollard; 3. Bede and the changing image of Rome and the Romans Paul Hilliard; 4. Paul the Deacon and Rome Marios Costambeys; 5. History and (selective) memory: articulating community and division in Folcuin's Gesta abbatum Lobiensium Ingrid Rembold; 6. 'Appropriate to the religion of their time': Walahfrid's historicisation of the liturgy Christina Pössel; 7. The order of history: liturgical time and the rhythms of the past in Amalarius of Metz's De ordine Antiphonarii Graeme Ward; Part II. The Written Word in Early Medieval Europe: The View from the Manuscripts: 8. The manuscript evidence for pharmacy in the early Middle Ages Nicholas Everett; 9. Monte Cassino's network of knowledge: the earliest manuscript evidence Sven Meeder; 10. Strategies of knowledge organisation in early medieval Latin glossary miscellanies: the example of Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14388 Anna Dorofeeva; 11. 'Dissonance of speech, consonance of meaning': the 862 Council of Aachen and the transmission of Carolingian conciliar records Charles West; Part III. Texts and Early Medieval Rulers: 12. The Moorish kingdoms and the written word: three 'textual communities' in fifth- and sixth-century Mauretania Andy Merrills; 13. When liturgy gets out of hand Yitzhak Hen; 14. The formation of a European identity: revisiting Charlemagne's coinage Simon Coupland; 15. Queenship in dispute: Fastrada, history and law Matthew Innes; 16. Remembering and forgetting Lothar I Elina Screen; Bibliography; List of manuscripts; General index.
This innovative collection re-evaluates the function and significance of the written word in early medieval Europe.
Elina Screen is an established historian of early medieval Europe, with particular specialisms in the Carolingian world. Screen is currently preparing a monograph on Emperor Lothar I (d. 855), on whom she is the leading authority. She is also General Editor of the Medieval European Coinage project and publishes on medieval numismatics. Charles West is a former Humboldt Fellow and AHRC Leadership Fellow. West has published extensively on early medieval topics including historical writing. His monograph, Reframing the Feudal Revolution (Cambridge) was published in 2013, and he has co-edited two books on Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims (d. 882) with Rachel Stone.
'Each of the contributors to this superb collection of essays
provides a fresh and original insight into the intricate
relationships between authors, texts and contexts in the early
medieval West. At the same time, they also remind readers that
among the most enduring outcomes of the work of great scholars are
the affection and gratitude of their students.' Antonio Sennis,
University College London
'For four decades Rosamond McKitterick has been one of the most
original and productive historians of Europe's early Middle Ages.
She has published countless essays and a series of path-breaking
monographs. She has also been a devoted and remarkably successful
teacher, having supervised forty-two dissertations. It is fitting
that this volume of essays in her honor gathers work by some of the
most successful, and now prominent, of her students. It is fitting,
too, that the book is organized into sections corresponding with
the major themes that have animated her work. Readers will profit
from the excellent work assembled here. The book is a worthy
tribute to a superb scholar and a remarkable teacher, friend, and
colleague.' Thomas F. X. Noble, University of Notre Dame,
Indiana
'The essays of this volume not only demonstrate the continuing
importance of the medium of writing and the written word in the
'barbarian' successor states after the 'Fall of Rome'. Taken
together they also demonstrate the crucial role of literacy itself
as a catalyst of the social, cultural and political changes that
came to shape the Christian West for many centuries to come.'
Helmut Reimitz, Princeton University, New Jersey
'There are many ways to measure the enormous impact Rosamond
McKitterick has had on the study of early medieval history over the
past four decades. The present volume provides one index: the
fifteen contributors include just fourteen of the forty-seven (!)
scholars whose PhD dissertations she has supervised. After an
Introduction by Marios Costambeys and Matthew Innes that offers a
more qualitative assessment of McKitterick's influence and shows
how her work points to the future, the book unfolds in three parts,
each with a brief introduction, that echo her principal lines of
research: history and memory, the study of manuscripts, and the
Carolingian construction of power through the written word. … this
[book] … repays time spent with several chapters. That will be
especially true for young scholars starting out on research in this
vibrant field.' Adam J. Kosto, The Medieval Review
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