Published:31/12/1997Language:EnglishPages:100, Includes 7 plates (one in colour)BAR Number: S676Series: BAR International Series

Charlemagne’s Months and their Bavarian Labors

Name: Charlemagne’s Months and their Bavarian Labors
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The politics of the Seasons in the Carolingian Empire

Written by Carl I. Hammer

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A fresh look at the two early-ninth-century illustrations of the ‘Labours of the Months’ produced in the area of Salzburg. The author disputes the accepted opinion that the ‘Labours’ depict contemporary rural life and argues for a rather more complex interpretation.