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30 - History
University of Sheffield
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Chapter title
Principautés et territoires, comtes et comtés
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
CLUDEM: Centre Luxembourgeois de Documentation et d'Études Médiévales
Book title
De la mer du Nord à la Méditerranée : Francia Media, une région au coeur de l'Europe (c. 840-c. 1050)
ISBN of book
9782919979202
Year of publication
2011
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
Yes
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This article examines the changes in territorial organisation in post-Carolingian Europe north of the Alps, concentrating on the development of the county. Against the traditional interpretation that sees this development as one of breakdown or fragmentation from a Carolingian "system", it suggests that the evidence in fact fits better with precisely the opposite: far from breakdown or fragmentation, what we see is the reflection of crystallising political structures, a process in line with wider Carolingian imperatives.
