Alcuin
Amalarius
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Charlemagne
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Female monasticism
Liturgical studies
Louis the Pious
Manuscript studies
Medieval heresy
Medieval Latin
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- ISBN 9781526149558
- Weight: 485g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 25 Apr 2023
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Carolingian period (c. 750-900) has traditionally been described as one of ‘reform’ or ‘renaissance’, where cultural and intellectual changes were imposed from above in a programme of correctio. This view leans heavily on prescriptive texts issued by kings and their entourages, foregrounding royal initiative and the cultural products of a small intellectual elite. However, attention to understudied texts and manuscripts of the period reveals a vibrant striving for moral improvement and positive change at all levels of society. This expressed itself in a variety of ways for different individuals and communities, whose personal relationships could be just as influential as top-down prescription. The often anonymous creators and copyists in a huge range of centres emerge as active participants in shaping and re-shaping the ideals of their world.
Arthur Westwell is wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Universität Regensburg
Ingrid Rembold is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester
Carine van Rhijn is a Lecturer in Medieval History at Utrecht University
