Folcwin of Rankweil: the world of a Carolingian local official
Katherine Bullimore
This article examines charters from the St Gall archive which are valuable for light they throw on secular society of settlement Rankweil in Rhaetia and surrounding area. The centrepiece is rare collection early ninth-century grants sales made to centenarius Folcwin uses these other related documents examine workings Carolingian local society, activities officials, patterns landholding transfer amongst individuals relatively modest standing.
Early Medieval Europe