A key theme in this collection of thirteen essays is the creative tension between the Carolingian dynasty and its aristocratic followers across 250 years. The f
A new interpretation of Charlemagne, examining how the Frankish king and his men learned to govern the first European empire.
How does power manifest itself in individuals? Why do people obey authority? And how does a family, if they are the source of such dominance, convey their super
This book presents a new and accessible translation of a well-known yet enigmatic text: the ‘Epitaph for Arsenius’ by the monk and scholar Paschasius Radber
In 2010, David Bates presented the Ford Lectures in British History at the University of Oxford, and The Normans and Empire is the book which was born from thes
