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Literacy, Politics, and Artistic Innovation in the Early Medieval West: Papers Delivered at a Symposium on Early Medieval Culture, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA »

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Authors: Celia M. Chazelle
ISBN-13: 9780819185631, ISBN-10: 0819185639
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of America
Date Published: February 1992
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Celia M. Chazelle

Book Synopsis

The articles contained in this volume are indicative of a new effort, in the best of current research on the early medieval west, to examine the period from new angles that more fully illumine its vitality and creativity than has been done in the past.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Introduction: The End of the 'Dark Ages'1
Literate Authority in Bede's Story of Imma19
From Brigandage to Justice: Charlemagne, 785-79449
The Originality of Early Medieval Artists77
Figures111
About the Contributors127

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