Past Convictions : : The Penance of Louis the Pious and the Decline of the Carolingians / / Courtney M. Booker.
How do people, in both the past and the present, think about moments of social and political crisis, and how do they respond to them? What are the interpretive codes by which troubling events are read and given meaning, and what part do these codes play in suggesting specific strategies for coping w...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (432 p.) :; 11 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Remembering
- Chapter 1. Telling the Truth About the Field of Lies
- Chapter 2. Th e Shame of the Franks
- Chapter 3. Histrionic History, Demanding Drama
- Part II. Justifying
- Chapter 4. Documenting Duty's Demands
- Chapter 5. Forgotten Memories
- Part III. Discoursing
- Chapter 6. Eloquence in Equity, Fluency in Iniquity
- Epilogue: Convictions Past and Present
- Appendix
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments