The New Middle Ages: And Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age

Dutton, P.

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2004-06-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403962232

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-06228-4

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 279