Charlemagne's Mustache: And Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age

by Paul Edward Dutton

Book Overview

Charlemagne's Mustache presents the reader with seven engaging studies, 'thick descriptions', of cultural life and thought in the Carolingian world. The author begins by asking questions. 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?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230602479
• ISBN13: 9780230602472
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"