Carolingian Catalonia: Politics, Culture, and Identity in an Imperial Province,

Carolingian Catalonia: Politics, Culture, and Identity in an Imperial Province, 778\u2013987: 111 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 111)Cullen J. Chandler\nCambridge University Press\nHardcover\nUnused and unread, minor cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing or minor creasing. Stamped 'damaged' by publisher to a non-text page.\nEAN: 9781108474641\nPublished 10/01/2019\nLanguage: English\nDrawing on a range of evidence related to royal authority, political events and literate culture, this study traces how kings and emperors involved themselves in the affairs of the Spanish March, and examines how actively people in Catalonia participated in politics centred on the royal court. Rather than setting the political development of the region in terms of Catalonia's future independence as a medieval principality, Cullen J. Chandler addresses it as part of the Carolingian 'experiment'. In doing so, he incorporates an analysis of political events .