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“... Charlemagne’s empire prefigured a democratic, open and pluralist Europe. In her new study, Janet Nelson does things quite differently. Taking an approach which she says is ‘in some ways that of an old-fashioned biographer’, she offers a Charlemagne who is not the father of Europe. In fact, he is not even ‘Charlemagne’: ...”

“... under imperial power, an emphasis especially directed at foreigners and the emperor’s subjects. Janet Nelson’s account of Carolingian ritual, especially under Charlemagne, interestingly downgrades its profile. She presents Charlemagne as un-autocratic, socially agreeable to the Frankish imperial nobility and to the higher clergy. It was the clergy ...”

“... given an idea of the nature of that culture. It is a great pity that she did not take up Dr J.L. Nelson’s suggestion that Dhuoda’s stress on the role of the father in the family mirrored developments in the social structure affecting the world of politics – Dr McKitterick’s avowed concern, after all. But she is reluctant to touch on such ...”

“... own ‘Acid House T-shirt’ (‘It’s groovy and cool’); a few weeks later, after the death of Janet Mayes, a 21-year-old woman who had taken two Ecstasy tablets, the paper called for ‘evil acid barons’ to be shot. In July 1990, a week before Love Decade, Parliament passed the Entertainments (Increased Penalties) Bill – known as the Bright ...”