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Neighbours and strangers
Local societies in early medieval Europe
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English
Published/Copyright:
2020
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This book explores social cohesion in rural settlements in western Europe from 700–1050, asking to what extent settlements, or districts, constituted units of social organisation. It focuses on the interactions, interconnections and networks of people who lived side by side – neighbours. Drawing evidence from most of the current western European countries, the book plots and interrogates the very different practices of this wide range of regions in a systematically comparative framework. It considers the variety of local responses to the supra-local agents of landlords and rulers and the impact, such as it was, of those agents on the small-scale residential group. It also assesses the impact on local societies of the values, instructions and demands of the wider literate world of Christianity, as delivered by local priests.
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Contributor: Charles West
Rachel Stone is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College, London
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'[…] a valuable “handbook,” enabling young medievalists to shape their research according to an innovative methodology which has succeeded in escaping the confines of the master narratives that long characterized
European medieval studies.'
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Front matter
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of figures
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Abbreviations
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Conventions
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Preface
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1 Questions to pursue
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2 Setting the scene
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3 The fabric of local societies: people, land and settlement
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4 Making groups
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5 Shepherds, uncles, owners, scribes
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6 Interventions in local societies
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7 Interventions and interactions
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8 Neighbours, visitors and strangers
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Appendix
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Glossary
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Bibliography
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Index
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September 13, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781526139825
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eBook ISBN:
9781526139825
Keywords for this book
Early Middle Ages; Western Europe; Rural settlements; Collective action; Group formation; Social cohesion; Local identity; Office holders; Local priests; Neighbours
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
