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基本説明
In the 150 years following the Carolingian conquest the Anglo-Saxons made giant strides to become eventual rulers of the Holy Roman Empire. A historican introduces the topic, evaluating the reliability of the sources.
Full Description
Following the Carolingian conquest the Saxons made giant strides economically and politically; a range of sources is examined.
The Continental Saxons developed from a subsistence economy, practiced up to the Carolingian conquest in the late eighth century, to become rulers of the Holy Roman Empire a little over a century and a half later. A historian introduces the topic, evaluating the reliability of the sources. Archaeologists then describe the living conditions, especially along the coast where villages have been excavated, and social customs revealed by grave-goods. Legal procedures are inferred from surviving evidence, and the regional economy, based on agriculture and animal husbandry, is reconstructed through the study of vegetable remains and pollen analysis. The birth of urban communities, stimulated by monastic settlements and trade, is followed through archaeological evidence; study of visual art-forms is based on analysis of grave-goods; and in the absence of surviving evidence for poetry, a Carolingian eulogical poem is discussed. Also discussed are Saxon political relations prior to and during the Carolingian conquest; the few signs of traditional religion that can be gleaned from the "Lives" of missionaries; and Christianity and the activityof religious orders, which eventually brought about the conversion of the Saxons and the introduction of written culture.
Contents
Location in space and time; the North Sea coastal area - settlement history from Roman to early medieval times; social relations among the Old Saxons; jural relations among the Saxons before and after Christianization; rural economy of the continental Saxons from the migration period to the tenth century; the beginnings of urban economies among the Saxons; Saxon art between interpretation and imitation - the influence of Roman, Scandinavian, Frankish and Christian art on the material of the continental Saxons AD 400-1000; three aspects of the Old Saxon biblical epic, "The Heliand"; beyond satraps and ostriches - political and social structures of the Saxons in the early Carolingian period; the conversion of the Old Saxons.
