Charlemagne's Months and their Bavarian Labors: the politics of the Seasons in the Carolingian Empire
Carl Hammer
This essay focuses on two illustrations of the Labours Months', incorporated into a pair early ninth century manuscripts containing astronomical and calendrical treatises. They are extremely significant as first examples this popular medieval topic. Hammer's work has objectives: section examines their from an art intellectual history perspective, to place pictures in context Carolingian cultural life, also determine whether anything more then depictions rural life. The second aims conventional historical context, suggesting why were produced that period, who sponsored them, programmatic intent. paper often goes beyond its primary subject provide interesting insights politics.