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Rituals of power : from late antiquity to the early Middle Ages / edited by Frans Theuws and Janet L. Nelson.

Contributor(s): Theuws, F. (Frans) | Nelson, Janet L. (Janet Laughland), 1942-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Transformation of the Roman world: v. 8.Publisher: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2000Description: viii, 503 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9004109021 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Rites and ceremonies -- Europe | Europe -- History -- To 476 | Europe -- History -- 392-814DDC classification: 940.1 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : rituals in transforming societies / Frans Theuws -- Migration period Europe / Lotte Hedeager -- The theoretical strength and practical weakness of the Visigothic monarchy of Toledo / Pablo Diaz and Ma. R. Valverde -- Kingship rituals and ideology in Lombard Italy / Stefano Gasparri -- Imperial funerals in the later Roman Empire / Javier Arce -- Carolingian royal funerals / Janet L. Nelson -- Transformations of penance / Mayke de Jong -- The dead and their gifts / Christina La Rocca and Luigi Provero -- Frankish giving of arms and rituals of power / Régine Le Jan -- Beyond power : ceremonial exchanges in Beowulf / Jos Bazelmans -- The circulation of weapons in Anglo-Saxon society / Heinrich Härke -- A kind of mirror for men : sword depositions in late antique northern Gaul / Frans Theuws and Monica Alkemade -- Rituals of power : by way of conclusion / Janet L. Nelson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : rituals in transforming societies / Frans Theuws -- Migration period Europe / Lotte Hedeager -- The theoretical strength and practical weakness of the Visigothic monarchy of Toledo / Pablo Diaz and Ma. R. Valverde -- Kingship rituals and ideology in Lombard Italy / Stefano Gasparri -- Imperial funerals in the later Roman Empire / Javier Arce -- Carolingian royal funerals / Janet L. Nelson -- Transformations of penance / Mayke de Jong -- The dead and their gifts / Christina La Rocca and Luigi Provero -- Frankish giving of arms and rituals of power / Régine Le Jan -- Beyond power : ceremonial exchanges in Beowulf / Jos Bazelmans -- The circulation of weapons in Anglo-Saxon society / Heinrich Härke -- A kind of mirror for men : sword depositions in late antique northern Gaul / Frans Theuws and Monica Alkemade -- Rituals of power : by way of conclusion / Janet L. Nelson.

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