Ideal and reality in Frankish and Anglo-Saxon society : studies presented to J.M. Wallace-Hadrill

These New Essays Are By A Group Of English Medievalists Whose Reinterpretations Of The 'dark Ages' Are Making An Increasingly Strong Impression Both In Britain And Europe. The Book Is Broadly Concerned, On The One Hand, To Describe The Parallels And Contrasts Between Frankish And Anglo-saxon Society And, On The Other, To Examine The Complex, Often Paradoxical, Relationship Between Contemporary Social And Political Ideals And What Actually Happened. It Is Designed, Too, To Reflect And To Celebrate The Historical Scholarship Of J. M. Wallace-hadrill, One Of The Most Original And Creative English Medievalists Of The Century. -- Book Jacket. Michael Wallace-hadrill : An Appreciation / Donald Bullough -- Theodebert I, 'rex Magnus Francorum' / Roger Collins -- The Ecclesiastical Politics Of Merovingian Clermont / Ian Wood -- Bureaucratic Shorthand And Merovingian Learning / David Ganz -- Bede's Old Testament Kings / Judith Mcclure -- Bede, The Bretwaldas And The Origins Of The Gens Anglorum / Patrick Wormald -- Bede's Ideal Of Reform / Alan Thacker -- Kings Who Opted Out / Clare Stancliffe -- Burial, Community And Belief In The Early Medieval West / Donald Bullough -- Legislation And Consensus In The Reign Of Charles The Bald / Janet L. Nelson -- The Carolingian Kings And The See Of Rheims, 883-987 / Rosamond Mckitterick -- The Making Of King Aethelstan's Empire : An English Charlemagne? / Michael Wood -- The Royal Tun In Pre-conquest England / Peter Sawyer -- The World Of Abbot Aelfric / Eric John -- A Bibliography Of The Historical Writings Of J.m. Wallace-hadrill / Ian Wood. Edited By Patrick Wormald With Donald Bullough And Roger Collins. Spine Title: Ideal & Reality In Frankish And Anglo-saxon Society. A Bibliography Of The Historical Writings Of J.m. Wallace-hadrill / Ian Wood: P. [317]-329. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.