Carolingian Catalonia: Politics, Culture, and Identity in an Imperial Province,

Description: Carolingian Catalonia by Cullen J. Chandler Using a range of evidence, Chandler addresses the political development of the Carolingian Spanish March as part of the Carolingian experiment. Tracing the regions relationship with the monarchy over two centuries, he revises traditional views of ethnic motivations for action and prior interpretations of the constitutional birth of Catalonia. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Drawing on a range of evidence related to royal authority, political events and literate culture, this study traces how kings and emperors involved themselves in the affairs of the Spanish March, and examines how actively people in Catalonia participated in politics centred on the royal court. Rather than setting the political development of the region in terms of Catalonias future independence as a medieval principality, Cullen J. Chandler addresses it as part of the Carolingian experiment. In doing so, he incorporates an analysis of political events alongside an examination of such cultural issues as the spread of the Rule of Benedict, the Adoptionist controversy, and the educational programme of the Carolingian reforms. This new history of the region offers a robust and absorbing analysis of the nature of the Carolingian legacy in the March, while also revising traditional interpretations of ethnic motivations for political acts and earlier attempts to pinpoint the constitutional birth of Catalonia. Author Biography Cullen J. Chandler is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Lycoming College, Pennsylvania. He has, with Steven Stofferahn, co-edited a Festschrift in honour of John J. Contreni, and his first article, Between Court and Counts, won the Early Medieval Europe-Blackwell Essay Prize. Table of Contents Introduction; 1. Gothic Catalonia and Septimania to 778; 2. Creating the Spanish March, 778–840; 3. March and monarchy, 840–878; 4. Counts, church and kings, 877–947; 5. Learned culture in Carolingian Catalonia; 6. The March toward sovereignty? (947–988); Conclusion: Carolingian Catalonia, 778–988. Review To the Franks, Catalonia was the province that got away, while to the Crown of Aragon the area brought cultural and commercial contacts from beyond the Pyrenees and into the Mediterranean. Chandler studies the central influence of the Carolingian rulers on Catalonia, not to illustrate the creation of sovereign nationhood on the advent of the Capetians, but to illuminate the area as a component element of Charlemagnes empire. Recommended. L. C. Attreed, Choice Promotional Traces the political development of the Carolingian Spanish March and revises traditional interpretations of Catalonias political and constitutional history. Review Quote To the Franks, Catalonia was the province that got away, while to the Crown of Aragon the area brought cultural and commercial contacts from beyond the Pyrenees and into the Mediterranean. Chandler studies the central influence of the Carolingian rulers on Catalonia, not to illustrate the creation of sovereign nationhood on the advent of the Capetians, but to illuminate the area as a component element of Charlemagnes empire. Recommended. L. C. Attreed, Choice Promotional "Headline" Traces the political development of the Carolingian Spanish March and revises traditional interpretations of Catalonias political and constitutional history. Description for Bookstore Using a range of evidence, Chandler addresses the political development of the Carolingian Spanish March as part of the Carolingian experiment. Tracing the regions relationship with the monarchy over two centuries, he revises traditional views of ethnic motivations for action and prior interpretations of the constitutional birth of Catalonia. Description for Library Using a range of evidence, Chandler addresses the political development of the Carolingian Spanish March as part of the Carolingian experiment. Tracing the regions relationship with the monarchy over two centuries, he revises traditional views of ethnic motivations for action and prior interpretations of the constitutional birth of Catalonia. Details ISBN1108465196 Year 2020 ISBN-10 1108465196 ISBN-13 9781108465199 Format Paperback Publication Date 2020-04-16 Pages 337 Series Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 946.702 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 3 Maps; 1 Halftones, black and white Author Cullen J. Chandler Publisher Cambridge University Press Short Title Carolingian Catalonia Language English Series Number 111 UK Release Date 2020-04-16 AU Release Date 2020-04-16 NZ Release Date 2020-04-16 Subtitle Politics, Culture, and Identity in an Imperial Province, 778–987 Alternative 9781108474641 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168623675;

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