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Hincmar of Rheims: Life and work
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Hardcover. Brings together the latest international research on a key medieval writer and thinker Editor(s): Stone, Rachel; West, Charles. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDH; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims (d. 882) is a crucial figure for all those interested in early medieval European history in general, and Carolingian history in particular. For forty years he was an advisor to kings and religious controversialist; his works are a key source for the political, religious and social history of the later ninth century, covering topics from papal politics to the abduction of women and the role of parish priests.
For the first time since Jean Devisse’s biography of Hincmar in the 1970s, this book offers a three-dimensional examination of a figure whose actions and writings ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719091407
SKU
V9780719091407
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Ref
99-15
About
Rachel Stone is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College, London Charles West is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, University of Sheffield -- .
Reviews for Hincmar of Rheims: Life and work
‘Its fourteen contributors seek, in distinct but complementary ways, to draw together Hincmar’s life and work in order to understand better not only the man himself, but also the late Carolingian world which is so often evoked through his writings.’ Ingrid Rembold, Hertford College, University of Oxford, Early Medieval Europe Vol. 25 Issue 2 'The editors are to be ... Read more