Early Carolingian warfare : prelude to empire
"Without the complex military machine that his forebears built up over the course of the eighth century, it would have been impossible for Charlemagne to revive the Roman empire in the West. Early Carolingian Warfare is the first book-length study of how this Frankish dynasty, beginning with Pippin II, established its power and cultivated its military expertise in order to reestablish the regnum Francorum, a geographical area of the late Roman period that represents much of present-day France and western Germany. Bernard Bachrach has thoroughly examined contemporary sources, including court chronicles, military handbooks, and late Roman histories and manuals, to establish how the early Carolingians used their legacy of political and military techniques and strategies forged in imperial Rome to regain control in the West."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2001
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, ©2001
History
xii, 430 pages : map ; 25 cm.
9780812235333, 9780812221442, 0812235339, 0812221443
43095805