Exercise of royal power in early medieval Europe: the case of Otto the Great 936-73

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bachrach
Antiquity ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 71 (273) ◽  
pp. 709-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. P. S. Peacock

What were the ‘black stones’ about which Charlemagne wrote to King Offa of Mercia just before AD 800? How do these special blocks fit into the broader pattern in re-using Roman columns in early medieval buildings?


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