. . . in die festivitatis: gift-giving, power and the calendar in the Carolingian kingdoms*
Dmitri Starostin
The reckoning of time and the composing calendars became an important part cultural practice in early Middle Ages. This paper asks how were works on for those who used calendar everyday life. It considers whether monks scholars may have influenced royal officials time. social symbolism calendric knowledge is also examined context gift-giving exchange that permeated Frankish society. Representations uses are actually seen to be similar court local contexts, but rather different from what some imagined.
Early Medieval Europe