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

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? And why did early medieval peoples believe in storm and hailmakers? The answers, he found, are often surprising.

Author: P. Dutton
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/15/2008
Pages: 279
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780230602472

About the Author
Paul Edward Dutton is Professor of History and Humanities at Simon Fraser University.