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Charlemagne’s Months and their Bavarian Labors

The politics of the Seasons in the Carolingian Empire

£25.00
Author:
Carl I. Hammer
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548652
Paperback:
100pp, Includes 7 plates (one in colour)
ISBN 10:
0860548651
BAR number:
S676
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Description

A fresh look at the two early-ninth-century illustrations of the ‘Labours of the Months’ produced in the area of Salzburg. The author disputes the accepted opinion that the ‘Labours’ depict contemporary rural life and argues for a rather more complex interpretation.