Zusammenfassung: 1. The Most Ferocious of Enemies : Saxons from a Roman Perspective -- 2. Rebels, Subjects, Neighbours : Saxons from a Frankish Perspective -- 3. Gens perfida or populus Christianus? : the Saxons and the Saxon Wars in Carolingian Historiography -- 4. From Defeat …
"This volume presents the results of archaeological survey and excavation at Eckweek, Somerset, which yielded one of the most important medieval rural settlement sequences yet excavated from south-west England. At the centre of the narrative is a succession of well-preserved bui…
"This volume presents the results of archaeological survey and excavation at Eckweek, Somerset, which yielded one of the most important medieval rural settlement sequences yet excavated from south-west England. At the centre of the narrative is a succession of well-preserved bui…
"This volume presents the results of archaeological survey and excavation at Eckweek, Somerset, which yielded one of the most important medieval rural settlement sequences yet excavated from south-west England. At the centre of the narrative is a succession of well-preserved bui…
Mariana Scott, poet and translator of Hofmannsthal, Meyrink, Celan, and others, translates the eight-century Old Saxon Heliand into its original meter in this work originally published in 1966. This anonymous masterpiece presents the life of Christ and affords an excellent insig…
This is the story of Martin Stephan, a religious leader whose life was filled with both personal and spiritual crises. He was orphaned as a teenager, and was forced to flee his homeland when the family was discovered to be underground Lutherans. He eventually settled in Germany,…
Following its violent conquest by Charlemagne (772-804), Saxony became both a Christian and a Carolingian region. This book sets out to re-evaluate the political integration and Christianization of Saxony and to show how the success of this transformation has important implicati…
Following its violent conquest by Charlemagne (772-804), Saxony became both a Christian and a Carolingian region. This book sets out to re-evaluate the political integration and Christianization of Saxony and to show how the success of this transformation has important implicati…
Politics of conquest -- The Saxon wars -- The Stellinga -- Conversion and Christianization -- Founders and patrons -- Religion and society
Following its violent conquest by Charlemagne (772-804), Saxony became both a Christian and a Carolingian region. This book sets out to re-evaluate the political integration and Christianization of Saxony and to show how the success of this transformation has important implicati…
"Following its violent conquest by Charlemagne (772-804), Saxony became both a Christian and a Carolingian region. This book sets out to re-evaluate the political integration and Christianization of Saxony and to show how the success of this transformation has important implicat…