Peaceful kings: peace, power and the early medieval political imagination
Kershaw, Paul
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The first full scholarly exploration of the relationship between the idea of peace and rulership through Europe's formative centuries, Peaceful Kings asks what peace meant to early medieval people, and to what extent royal intentionsendeavoured to meet collective expectations. INDICE: Introduction; 1: Solomon's Temple, Augustus' Altar, and Edwin'sRoads: Peace in the Political Imagination; 2: After the Pax Romana; 3: Dominus Pacificus: The Age of Charlemagne; 4: New Solomons; 5: 'The Wise Must Hold Meetings with the Wise': Anglo-Saxon England; Conclusion
- ISBN: 978-0-19-820870-9
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 27/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés