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History Medieval

Carolingian Civilization

A Reader, Second Edition

edited by Paul Edward Dutton

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2004
Category
Medieval
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551114927
    Publish Date
    Mar 2004
    List Price
    $53.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442602021
    Publish Date
    Mar 2004
    List Price
    $27.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551110035
    Publish Date
    Jun 1993
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

The period between 770 and 880 experienced an explosion of words signalling the documentary reawakening of Western civilization; this anthology offers a plentiful and engaging selection of primary source documents from that vibrant era.

Among the material new to this second edition are Rimbert's Life of Anskar, with its detailed account of the Carolingian missionary contact with Scandinavia, Ratramnus's study of the dog-headed men, the monk Bernard's Journey to Jerusalem, new specimens of popular beliefs, Audradus Modicus's complete Book of Revelations, and new maps and illustrations.

About the author

Paul Edward Dutton, Professor of Humanities at Simon Fraser University, is the author of a number of articles and books about the Middle Ages including The Poetry and Paintings of the First Bible of Charles the Bald with Herbert L. Kessler (University of Michigan Press, 1997) and Charlemagne's Mustache and Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age (Palgrave, 2004). He is Series Editor of UTP's Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures.

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