Janet L. Nelson

La postérité n'a pas été tendre pour le petit-fils de Charlemagne, Charles II le Chauve, roi de la France occidentale de 843 à 877 et empereur d'Occident à partir de 875. Son époque n'a pas meilleure presse : d'après les historiens, cette période n... Lire la suite

This important and long-awaited study is the first full-scale biography of Charlemagne's grandson, King of the West Franks from 843 to 877, and Emperor from 875. Posterity has not been kind to Charles or his age, seeing him as a fatally weak ruler... Lire la suite

Carlo I, noto con l'appellativo di «Magno», è stato senz'altro una delle figure più straordinarie che abbiano mai governato un vasto impero europeo. Proclamatosi consapevolmente non solo «re dei Franchi», ma nuovo «imperatore» del Sacro Romano... Lire la suite

First published in 1999, the ideas and practices involved in early medieval royal family politics are the central theme of this collection of papers by Janet L. Nelson. She first examines King Alfred of Wessex (871-99) in the context of Anglo-Saxon... Lire la suite

A hugely interesting set of essays, reflecting on a variety of ways in which medieval history has developed to the present time. Scholarship of the highest standard, deeply thought-provoking and deeply engaged with the inheritances and future tasks... Lire la suite

A major theme in the volume of articles by Janet Nelson is the usefulness of gender as a category of historical analysis. Papers range widely across early medieval time and geographical as well as social space, but most focus on the Carolingian... Lire la suite