Paradigms and Methods in Early Medieval Studies
Celia Chazelle|Felice Lifshitz
Introduction: Themes and Concerns of the Essays C.Chazelle & F.Lifshitz PART I: EAST AND WEST: THE 'PIRENNE THESIS' IN 21ST CENTURY Aryans, Semites End Antiquity: Rereading Henri Pirenne's Mohammed Charlemagne C.Leyser The 'Slavic East', Amber Trail Origins European Economy F.Curta Mitteleuropa Pirenne Thesis: Between Byzantium Latin West (800 -1025) C.Bowlus II: ARCHEOLOGY MATERIAL CULTURE Drawing a Line Under Archeological Historical Categories Evidence in Transition from Ancient World to Middle Ages M.Kulikowski Cities as Idea Reality Late Antique Gaul: Does Archeology Suggest New Paradigm? B.K.Young Material Ethnogenesis? A Crystal Conch 'Goths' G.Kornbluth People or persons? Ethnicity Paradigm for Study Early Medieval Art L.P.Nees III: GENDER, WOMEN, FAMILY STRUCTURES Period Trouble: Contesting Teleology Women's History L.Bitel Intertext Context Ages: Gender Ideology Baptismal Liturgy Carolingian Francia Creation Model Patrilineage C.B.Bouchard IV: WORLD OF TEXT INTELLECT Thinking Outside Box: Problems with Paradigms Thought Political History: Authors Actors J.Glenn V: YESTERDAY TODAY Are 'They Not Like Us'? B.Bachrach Mary Magdelane, Merovingians, Priory Sion: Modern Mythology G.Koziol
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