The Community, the Family and the Saint: Patterns of Power in Early Medieval Europe (INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL RESEARCH)

Twenty-two original essays, arising from the International Medieval Congress at Leeds. They take as their starting-points primary literary and historical texts, artefacts and archaeological evidence from a wide geographical area, ranging from the early Celtic world to the emerget city-states of 12th-century Italy. They are arranged in four sections which reflect the nexus of power during this period: Community and family; Saints; Power; Death, Burial and Commemoration.Joyce Hill is the author of 'The Community, the Family and the Saint: Patterns of Power in Early Medieval Europe (INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL RESEARCH)', published 1998 under ISBN 9782503506685 and ISBN 2503506682.