Rituals of power: from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages

Abstract

Introduction: Rituals in Transformating Societies - Frans Theuws Migration Period Europe: the Formation of a Political Ideology - Lotte Hedeager Theoretical Strength and Practical Weakness of the Visigothic Monarchy of Toledo - Pablo Diaz and R. Valverde Kingship Rituals and Ideology in Lombard Italy - Stefano Gasparri Imperial Funerals and Burials in Late Antiquity: Continuity and Transformation of a Ritual - Javier Arce Carolingian Royal Funerals - Janet L. Nelson Transformations of Penance - Mayke de Jong The Dead and their Gifts: the Will of Eberhard, Count of Friuli, and his Wife Gisela, Daughter of Louis the Pious (863-4) - Christina La Rocca and Luigi Provero Frankish giving of Arms and Rituals of Power: Continuity and Change in the Carolingian Period - Regine Le Jan Beyond Power: Ceremonial Exchanges in Beowulf - Jos Bazelmans The Circulation of Weapons in Anglo-Saxon Society - Heinrich Harke A Kind of Mirror for Men: Sword Depositions in Late Antique Northern Gaul - Frans Theuws and Monica Alkemade Rituals of Power: by Way of Conclusion - Janet L. Nelson

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