medieval worlds volume 2015.2

Institute for Medieval Research
Table of Contents

Walter Pohl
Editor’s Introduction: Empires – Elements of Cohesion and Signs of Decay

Mayke de Jong
The Empire that was always Decaying: The Carolingians (800-888)

Simon MacLean
Cross-Channel Marriage and Royal Succession in the Age of Charles the Simple and Athelstan (c. 916-936)

Andrew J. Newman
›Great Men‹, ›Decline‹ and Empire: Safavid Studies and a Way Forward?

Jeroen Duindam
Dynasties

Susan Reynolds
Nations, Tribes, Peoples, and States

Glenn Bowman
Lieux Saints Partagés: An Analytical Review

Johannes Preiser-Kapeller
Calculating the Middle Ages? The Project »Complexities and Networks in the Medieval Mediterranean and Near East« (COMMED)