Chapter Frontiers and fortifications in the Carolingian imperial imagination

The relative absence of written references to fortifications in the Carolingian Empire is well known, but seems difficult to square with increasing evidence that such buildings were familiar features in the ninth-century Frankish landscape. I argue that one reason for this is that contemporary narra...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	MacLean, Simon
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Firenze University Press 2025
Subjects:	Middle Ages 9th century Italy Francia Carolingians Empire Castles Fortifications Frontiers Imperialism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
Online Access:	ONIX_20241220_9791221504163_377
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