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03759aam a2200505 i 4500 001 0ED6F3A681F911E58D57CB8FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151103010200 008 150102s2015 enk b 001 0deng 010 $a 2014050249 020 $a 1107434130 (paperback) 020 $a 9781107434134 (paperback) 020 $a 1107076994 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107076990 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)899488120 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d ERASA $d OCLCF $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-fr--- $a e-fr--- 050 00 $a DC73 $b .D263 2015 082 00 $a 944/.0142092 $2 23 084 $a HIS010000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Davis, Jennifer R., $d 1975- $e author. 245 10 $a Charlemagne's practice of empire / $c Jennifer R. Davis, The Catholic University of America. 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xviii, 531 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 2 $a "Revisiting one of the great puzzles of European political history, Jennifer Davis examines how the Frankish king Charlemagne and his men held together the vast new empire he created during the first decades of his reign. Davis explores how Charlemagne overcame the two main problems of ruling an empire, namely how to delegate authority and how to manage diversity. Through a meticulous reconstruction based on primary sources, she demonstrates that rather than imposing a pre-existing model of empire onto conquered regions, Charlemagne and his men learned from them, developing a practice of empire that allowed the emperor to rule on a European scale. As a result, Charlemagne's realm was more flexible and diverse than has long been believed. Telling the story of Charlemagne's rule using sources produced during the reign itself, Davis offers a new interpretation of Charlemagne's political practice, free from the distortions of later legend"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction; Part I. Strategic Rulership -- Part I introduction: Tools of control and coercion -- Managing royal agents -- Disciplining royal agents -- Fractured control : Charlemagne's response to dissent -- Part I conclusion: Control and its limits -- Part II. Center and Region in Charlemagne's Empire -- Part II introduction: Unity and diversity in Charlemagne's empire -- An empire of regions? -- The conquered regions as arenas for experimentation -- The nature of the empire : centralization and communication -- Part II conclusion: The imperial character of Charlemagne's realm -- Part III. An Empire of Practice -- Part III introduction: Continuity, change, and the building of an empire -- The chronology of the reign -- Recta via : the dynamics of political change -- Part III conclusion: An empire of practice -- Conclusion: Charlemagne's invention of medieval rulership. 600 00 $a Charlemagne, $c Emperor, $d 742-814. 600 07 $a Charlemagne, $c Emperor, $d 742-814. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00034181 650 0 $a Political leadership $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Imperialism $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Franks $x History $y 768-814. 651 0 $a Europe $x Politics and government $y 476-1492. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Europe / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Franks. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00933759 650 7 $a Imperialism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00968126 650 7 $a Political leadership. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069363 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a Europe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245064 648 7 $a To 1500 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217024933.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0ED6F3A681F911E58D57CB8FDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search