Carolingian Culture: Emulation and Innovation

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. Large 8vo. xvii, 334 pp, list of b&w plates, list of contributors, preface, acknowledgments, list of abbreviations, 1. Introduction: The Carolingian Renaissance by Giles Brown; 2. Kingship and Empire in the Carolingian World by Janet L Nelson; 3. The Study of Grammar by Vivian Law; 4. The Emergence of Carolingian Latin Literature and the Court of Charlemagne, 780-814 by Mary Garrison; 5. German Vernacular Literature: A Survey by Cyril Edwards; 6. Carolingian Thought by John Marenbon; 7. The Writing of History by Mathew Innes and Rosamond McKitterick; 8. Script and Book Production Rosamond McKitterick; 9. Emulation and Invention in Carolingian Art by George Henderson; 10. Carolingian Music by Susan Rankin; 11. The Legacy of the Carolingians by Rosamond McKitterick; index of manuscripts, general index with select bibliographies at the end of each chapter. 1997. "This volume of specially-commissioned essays takes as its theme the legacy of Rome in Carolingian culture in eighth- and ninth-century Europe. No such comprehensive survey of this kind exists in any language. The book is the more unusual by departing from the customary stress on the concept of renewal to emphasize the enormous creativity and inventiveness of the Franks. Carolingian culture provided the bedrock for the subsequent development of medieval European culture, and this is demonstrated amply by essays that are planned as a series of introductions to the study of each topic." Only the slightest edge wear, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Illustrated wrappers..