Book contents
- Medieval Riverscapes
- Studies in Environment and History
- Medieval Riverscapes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 200–450: Late Antique Gaul
- 1 Poetries of Place
- 450–750: The Merovingians
- 2 Rivers of Risk
- 3 River Resources
- 750–950: The Carolingians
- 4 Rivers and Memory
- 950–1050: The Year 1000 Question
- 5 Ruptured Rivers
- 6 Meanderings
- 1050–1250: A New World?
- 7 The Same River Twice
- Bibliography
- Index
- Studies in Environment and History
950–1050: The Year 1000 Question
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2024
- Medieval Riverscapes
- Studies in Environment and History
- Medieval Riverscapes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 200–450: Late Antique Gaul
- 1 Poetries of Place
- 450–750: The Merovingians
- 2 Rivers of Risk
- 3 River Resources
- 750–950: The Carolingians
- 4 Rivers and Memory
- 950–1050: The Year 1000 Question
- 5 Ruptured Rivers
- 6 Meanderings
- 1050–1250: A New World?
- 7 The Same River Twice
- Bibliography
- Index
- Studies in Environment and History
Summary
When in 1010 the monks of Reichenau created this image, part of the book now known as the Bamberg Apocalypse, they may well have thought they were preparing for the end of the world. The previous century saw the attacks of the Vikings and the rise of powerful minor landlords and nobles in the political void left by the declining Carolingian state. Depending on your historical point of view, by 1000, power had either devolved into the hands of petty warlords or had been reclaimed by local leaders. In either case, the uniformity of economic, ecclesiastical, administrative, and jurisdictional practices that the Carolingians had heavily invested in was transforming again into locally defined ones. This led to a series of local and regional conflicts over the exercise of power and authority, which eventually led to open strife.
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- Medieval RiverscapesEnvironment and Memory in Northwest Europe, c. 300–1100, pp. 173 - 177Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024