Province and empire: Brittany and the Carolingians
This book offers ideas about the processes of political and cultural change in early Middle Ages. The main focus is on relations between centre periphery Carolingian empire, particular development Brittany as a territorial principality ninth tenth centuries. A major theme interaction imperial policies, Frankish aristocratic feuding, local Breton communities. Other issues discussed include economy society Neustria, impact imperialism communities, changes political, ecclesiastical social structures arising from overlordship Brittany, Celtic culture, construction an medieval ethnic identity. shows how regional autonomy self-regulating villages were integral to world court politics, frontier strife, it argues that, order understand both establishment collapse politics at demand much attention centre.
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