Rituals of power : from late antiquity to the early Middle Ages
F. Theuws (Editor), Janet L. Nelson (Editor)
This collection of papers discusses, analyzes and criticizes modern interpretations of early medieval rituals and their material correlates. Some deal with rituals relating to death, life cycles and the circulation in other contexts of objects otherwise used in the burial ritual.
Transformation of the Roman world, v. 8, volume 8
History
viii, 503 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
9789004109025, 9004109021
43333600
Introduction: Rituals in Transformating Societies - Frans TheuwsMigration Period Europe: the Formation of a Political Ideology - Lotte HedeagerTheoretical Strength and Practical Weakness of the Visigothic Monarchy of Toledo - Pablo Diaz and R. ValverdeKingship Rituals and Ideology in Lombard Italy - Stefano GasparriImperial Funerals and Burials in Late Antiquity: Continuity and Transformation of a Ritual - Javier ArceCarolingian Royal Funerals - Janet L. NelsonTransformations of Penance - Mayke de JongThe Dead and their Gifts: the Will of Eberhard, Count of Friuli, and his Wife Gisela, Daughter of Louis the Pious (863-4) - Christina La Rocca and Luigi ProveroFrankish giving of Arms and Rituals of Power: Continuity and Change in the Carolingian Period - Régine Le JanBeyond Power: Ceremonial Exchanges in Beowulf - Jos BazelmansThe Circulation of Weapons in Anglo-Saxon Society - Heinrich HärkeA Kind of Mirror for Men: Sword Depositions in Late Antique Northern Gaul - Frans Theuws and Monica AlkemadeRituals of Power: by Way of Conclusion - Janet L. Nelson