Rewriting Saints and Ancestors: Memory and Forgetting in France, 500-1200
Constance B. Bouchard
List of Illustrations Preface Notes on Terminology Introduction Chapter 1. Cartularies: Remembering the Documentary Past 2. The Composition and Purpose Cartularies 3. Twelfth-Century Narratives 4. Polyptyques: Monks Face Ninth Century 5. An Age Forgery 6. Carolingians 7. Creation a Carolingian Dynasty 8. Western Monasteries 9. Eighth-Century Transitions: Evidence from Burgundy 10. Great Noble Families in Early Middle Ages 11. Frankish Monasticism 12. Martyrs Relics Sixth-Century Gaul Conclusion Appendix I. Southern Champagne II. Churches Auxerre Abbreviations Bibliography Index Acknowledgments