Carolingian World
Autor
Matthew Innes (Birkbeck College, University Of London, Uk)
, Marios Costambeys (University Of Liverpool)
, Simon Maclean (University Of St Andrews, Scotland)
At its height, the Carolingian empire spanned a million square kilometres of western Europe as the largest political unit for centuries. This comprehensive survey traces the empire's history from its origins around 700, through its expansion in the eighth century, to the struggle to hold it together in the ninth.