Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050 / / Archibald R. Lewis.

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• VerfasserIn: Lewis, Archibald R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2022]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
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Early in the eighth century, the current of the Muslim movement that inundated northern Spain crept over the Pyrenees to spread across a portion of the French Midi. From the north the tide of Carolingian conquest forced the Muslims back and took in these same southern French and northern Spanish pro...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Abbreviations Used in Notes
• PART I. Southern France and Carolingian Conquest, 718-778
• I. Southern France in the Early Eighth Century
• II. The Carolingian Conquest, 718-778
• PART II. Southern France, Catalonia, and the Carolingian Empire, 778-828
• III. The Expansion into Gascony and Catalonia
• IV. The Carolingian System
• V. Southern French and Catalan Society (778-828)
• PART III. The Decline of Royal Power, 828-900
• VI. Civil War, Invasion, and the Breakdown of Royal Authority
• VII. The Governmental System of the Midi and Catalonia
• VIII. The Church (828-900)
• IX. Southern French and Catalan Society (828-900)
• PART IV. The Failure of the Territorial State, 900-975
• X. The End of Royal Influence
• XI. The Breakup of Principalities and the Court System
• XII. The Military System of the Midi and Catalonia
• XIII. The Church (900-975)
• XIV. The Society of the Midi and Catalonia
• PART V. The Age of the Principes, 975-1050
• XV. The New Militarism
• XVI. The Church (975-1050)
• XVII. The Continued Failure of Principalities
• XVIII. The Principes and Public Order
• XIX. Southern French and Catalan Society (975-1050)
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index