| Charlemagne's Mustache: And Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Dutton, P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230602479 ISBN-13: 9780230602472 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: "Charlemagne's Mustache and Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age" presents the reader with seven engaging studies of cultural life and thought in the Carolingian world: Why did Charlemagne have a mustache and why did hair matter? Why did the king own peacocks and other exotic animals? Why was he writing in bed and could he write at all? How did medieval kings become stars? How were secrets kept and conveyed in the early Middle Ages? Does the world age with the aged? And why did early medieval peoples believe in storm- and hailmakers? The answers, Dutton finds, are often surprising. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Europe - France - History | Modern - General |
| Dewey: 944.014 |
| Series: New Middle Ages |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.85 lbs) 279 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charlemagne's Mustache presents the reader with seven engaging studies, 'thick descriptions', of cultural life and thought in the Carolingian world. The author begins by asking questions. Why did Charlemagne have a mustache and why did hair matter? Why did the king own peacocks and other exotic animals? Why was he writing in bed and could he write at all? How did medieval kings become stars? How were secrets kept and conveyed in the early Middle Ages? And why did early medieval peoples believe in storm and hailmakers? The answers, he found, are often surprising. |