The volume paints a new picture of rural societies in the Carolingian Empire. It observes the coexistence of people in spaces that were smaller than the county and the diocese. How were these "small worlds" connected to the larger politics? How were goals of the ruler and the elites conveyed here? And how were the concerns of the local people brought back to the court? The book sheds light on the types of sources that can be used to observe local societies can be observed (archaeology, formulae, charters, hagiography, polyptycha).
A second part is devoted to the mediators between the court and the regional elites as well as the local level (such as priests and secular officials). The third part contains regional studies on Bavaria, the Middle Rhine, Alemannia, Tuscany, and - looking beyond the Carolingian Empire - Brittany and northern Spain.
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