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 : Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 840
EAN: 9780472061860
ISBN: 0472061860
Label: University of Michigan Press
Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: March 15, 1970
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Studio: University of Michigan Press




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The most comprehensive contemporaneous record of the rise and fall of the Carolingian Empire




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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories
The Carolingian Chronicles by Scholz covers Carolingian history from 741-843. The RFA (Royal Frankish Annals) cover the period from 741-829 and Nithard's Histories cover from 820s-843. The Carolingian 'Renaissance' of the early 9th century and late 8th inspired and promoted the writing of history. Charlemagne ordered the preservation of his laws, papal letters, Byzantine letters, and fostered the writing of chronicles of which the RFA might have been a result of his influence. This is apparent ... Read More







 






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