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Part I Political Development |
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1 Introduction: sources and interpretation |
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2 The British Isles a) England 700-900 |
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The British Isles b) Ireland, Wales and Scotland, c. 700 to the early eleventh century |
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The British Isles c) England and the Continent |
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3 Frankish Gaul to 814 |
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4 The Frankish kingdoms 814-898: the west |
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The Frankish kingdoms 817-911: the east and middle kingdoms |
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6 Fines imperii: the marches |
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7 The Vikings in Francia and Anglo-Saxon England to 911 |
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8 Scandinavia, c.700-1066 |
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9 Slavs and Bulgars |
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10 The Muslims in Europe |
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11 Spain: the northern kingdoms and the Basques, 711-910 |
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012 Lombard and Carolingian Italy |
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13 Byzantine Italy, c. 680-c. 876 |
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14 Byzantium and the West |
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Part II Government and Institutions |
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15 Kingship and royal government |
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16 The aristocracy |
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17 Social and military institutions |
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18 Economic organization |
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19 Rural Society in Carolingian Europe |
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20 Money and coinage |
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Part III Church and Society |
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21 The papacy in the eighth and ninth centuries |
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22 The organisation, law and liturgy of the western church, 700-900 |
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23 Carolingian monasticism: the power of prayer |
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24 Religion and lay society |
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Part IV Cultural and Intellectual Developments |
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25 Eighth-century foundations |
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26 Language and communication in Carolingian |
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27 The Carolingian Renaissance: education and literary culture |
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28 Theology and the organisation of thought |
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29 Book production in the Carolingian empire and the spread of Caroline minuscule |
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30 Art and archtitecture |
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Conclusion |
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