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- catalog abstract ""Charlemagne's Mustache and Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age presents the reader with seven studies of cultural life and thought in the Carolingian world: Why did Charlemagne have a mustache and why did hair matter? Why did the king own peacocks and other exotic animals? Why was he writing in bed and could he write at all? How did medieval kings become stars? How were secrets kept and conveyed in the early Middle Ages? Does the world age with the aged? And why did early medieval peoples believe in storm - and hailmakers? The answers, Dutton finds, are often surprising."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13225201.
- catalog coverage "France History To 987.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Charlemagne's Mustache and Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age presents the reader with seven studies of cultural life and thought in the Carolingian world: Why did Charlemagne have a mustache and why did hair matter? Why did the king own peacocks and other exotic animals? Why was he writing in bed and could he write at all? How did medieval kings become stars?".
- catalog description "Charlemagne's mustache. -- Charlemagne, king of beasts. -- Karolus Magnus scriptor. -- Of Carolingian kings and their stars. -- Whispering secrets to a Dark Age. -- A world grown old with poets and kings. -- Thunder and hail over the Carolingian countryside. -- Appendix 1: The name of the elephant. -- Appendix 2: The collection of biblical citations sent to Emperor Lothar I. -- Appendix 3: Carolingian royal life span.".
- catalog description "How were secrets kept and conveyed in the early Middle Ages? Does the world age with the aged? And why did early medieval peoples believe in storm - and hailmakers? The answers, Dutton finds, are often surprising."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-272) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 279 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1403962235 (cloth)".
- catalog isPartOf "New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))".
- catalog isPartOf "The new Middle Ages".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Palgrave Macmillan,".
- catalog spatial "France History To 987.".
- catalog subject "944/.014 22".
- catalog subject "Carolingians History.".
- catalog subject "Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814.".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "DC73 .D87 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Charlemagne's mustache. -- Charlemagne, king of beasts. -- Karolus Magnus scriptor. -- Of Carolingian kings and their stars. -- Whispering secrets to a Dark Age. -- A world grown old with poets and kings. -- Thunder and hail over the Carolingian countryside. -- Appendix 1: The name of the elephant. -- Appendix 2: The collection of biblical citations sent to Emperor Lothar I. -- Appendix 3: Carolingian royal life span.".
- catalog title "Charlemagne's mustache : and other cultural clusters of a dark age / Paul Edward Dutton.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".