Le Moyen Âge, une époque sans État ? Construire le passé au présent

Grunin, Andrey

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“…260, 329, and 377). Again, we find the roots of this conviction in longstanding ideas, this time regarding the relative lack of sophistication of early medieval states and their capacity for long‐term planning (on the early medieval state, see Airlie et al, 2006; Grunin, 2019). But while it is true, as Chris Wickham has suggested, that the relative lack of economic and fiscal sophistication of Early Medieval Europe vis a vis the Byzantine and Arab worlds was one of the most significant factors distinguishing the post‐Roman West from the post‐Roman East (Wickham, 2005, pp.…”

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Economic and military aspects of the Frankish conquest of Saxony

Landon

2020

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The Frankish conquest of Saxony represents one of the most intensively studied topics of Carolingian history. Yet the underlying motives that drove Frankish expansion into the lands between the Rhine and the Elbe remain poorly understood. In general, these motives have been discussed in terms of defensive strategy on the one hand and ideology (and specifically Christianization) on the other. In fact, however, there are good reasons for considering the conquest as part of a larger economic/military approach on the part of the Franks, focussed on securing Saxony's wide array of material resources, not least of which was the military potential of the Saxons themselves. 1 | INTRODUCTION Between 772 and 804, the Franks, led by Charlemagne, waged a series of near-annual military campaigns against their pagan Saxon neighbours to the northeast. These campaigns, which saw mass executions, forcible baptisms, and the deportation and resettlement of thousands of Saxon men, women, and children, seem to have exceeded the normal bounds of warfare of the period in both scale and violence (on the campaigns generally, see Lampen, 1999;

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Section: Economic Incentives For Conquestmentioning

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Economic and military aspects of the Frankish conquest of Saxony

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2020

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“…L'étude de ce réseau s'inscrit alors dans le cadre d'une recherche plus large sur le fonctionnement du système politique altomédiéval et sur les dynamiques de gouvernance aux temps pré-modernes. Si les questions sur les formes et l'existence même de l'État médiéval restent toujours ouvertes (Werner 1992 ;Reynolds 1997 ;Davies 2003 ;Grunin 2019) un des points de vue dominants de l'historiographie propose de le percevoir comme un réseau complexe d'influence et de domination (Werner 1980 ;Althoff 2004 ;Dumézil 2013). Dans cette optique, l'étude des agents royaux doit nous permettre d'observer au plus près la nature de cette structure du pouvoir.…”

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Réseau politique des agents du pouvoir central : l’exemple des missi dominici

Grunin¹

2019

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Cette étude propose plusieurs modèles d'analyse d'un réseau politique des agents du pouvoir central du haut Moyen Âge, les missi dominici. Complétées par l'analyse statistique, plusieurs hypothèses de recherche fondées sur les positions de l'historiographie actuelle ont été étayées. D'une part, l'examen du réseau des agents a permis de mettre en lumière une certaine évolution liée à la structuration du système missatique et au mécanisme de la transition des agents d'un règne à l'autre. D'autre part, l'étude des relations entre les agents et les lieux de leurs missions a confirmé une certaine amplification, avec le temps, de la politique du recrutement des missi au sein de l'aristocratie locale. Enfin, plusieurs difficultés liées tant au caractère lacunaire des données issues des sources médiévales qu'à la complexité de modélisation et d'analyse d'un réseau politique multimodal ont été évoquées. Mots-clésRéseaux politiques ; Analyse de réseaux ; Graphes bipartis ; Réseaux d'affiliations ; Missi dominici 1 Les premiers jalons de ce travail ont été présentés lors du séminaire de recherche de l'équipe SAMM (Statistique, Analyse et Modélisation Multidisciplinaire) (EA 4543, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) organisé par Julien Randon-Furling le 16 juin 2017.

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“…1 1 For an overview of the use of the concept of the state in medieval studies, see Grunin, 2019. See also Werner, 1992. …”

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The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach

Castro

García

2022

J Historical Sociology

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The state is a contested concept in the historiography on early medieval societies. Debates have frequently revolved around its heuristic validity, but few scholars have addressed its broader theoretical implications. Those who have tend to reduce the state to its institutional features and privilege the role of the dominant groups in the analysis of state-building processes and the workings of the state. This paper contends that a richer conceptualisation of the state can overcome the limits of the debate as it has been framed so far and provide a deeper insight into how social relations shaped and were shaped by the development of early medieval polities. After reviewing the most significant historiographical contributions to the debate, the paper introduces the Strategic-Relational Approach to the state, as formulated by B. Jessop, as one that can provide a more nuanced understanding of early medieval polities. Particular emphasis is made on the analysis of class relationships and the articulation of hegemonic projects as two particularly fruitful lines of inquiry. Finally, the paper focuses on one particular instance of early medieval political practice, the politics of the land, as a means to illustrate the potential of the approach.

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Le Moyen Âge, une époque sans État ? Construire le passé au présent

Abstract: Société de langues et littératures médiévales d'oc et d'oïl (SLLMOO)

Cited by 3 publications

References 45 publications

Economic and military aspects of the Frankish conquest of Saxony

Economic and military aspects of the Frankish conquest of Saxony

Réseau politique des agents du pouvoir central : l’exemple des missi dominici

The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach

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