Property and Power in the Early Middle Ages
Property and Power in the Early Middle Ages
This is a collection of original essays on the relationship between property and power, a fundamental theme in medieval history. It addresses four main issues: the meaning of power over property; the ways in which property conveyed power; the nature of immunities; and the power of royal authority to affect property relations. The areas studied include Wales, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Byzantium, and the essays range across the period 650–1150. A substantial introduction is included, which explains the nature of the issues, and a conclusion expresses the team's overall view of the subject. Aimed at a wide readership of both scholars and students, the volume also includes a glossary to help readers who may be unfamiliar with the material or the period.
- A high-powered, original collection of essays which focuses on one of the fundamental themes of medieval history
- From the same 'team' as the highly-regarded Settlement of Disputes volume (1986, paperback 1992)
- Includes discussions of England, Wales, Byzantium, Germany, Italy and France over a long chronological period
Reviews & endorsements
'… an extremely well-edited and tightly-knit volume, which maintains a very high level of discussion, and it is going to be essential reading for anyone interested in the early medieval Church in its social and political context.' Edward James, Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Product details
August 2002Paperback
9780521522250
340 pages
229 × 153 × 23 mm
0.545kg
4 maps
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Table of Contents
- List of maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The ideology of sharing: apostolic community and ecclesiastical property in the early middle ages David Ganz
- 2. Teutsind, Witlaic and the history of Merovingian precaria Ian Wood
- 3. Eternal light and earthly needs: practical aspects of the development of Frankish immunities Paul Fouracre
- 4. The wary widow Janet Nelson
- 5. Lordship and justice in the early English kingdom: Oswaldslow revisited Patrick Wormald
- 6. Adding insult to injury: power, property, and immunities in early medieval Wales Wendy Davies
- 7. Property transactions and social relations between rulers, bishops and nobles in early eleventh-century Saxony: the evidence of the Vita Meinwerci Timothy Reuter
- 8. Monastic exemptions in tenth- and eleventh-century Byzantium Rosemary Morris
- 9. Property ownership and signorial power in twelfth-century Tuscany Chris Wickham
- 10. Conclusion: property and power in early medieval Europe
- Glossary.
