Rethinking authority in the Carolingian Empire : ideals and expectations during the reign of Louis the Pious (813-828) / Rutger Kramer.

"By the early ninth century, the responsibility for a series of social, religious and political transformations had become an integral part of running the Carolingian empire. This became especially clear when, in 813/4, Louis the Pious and his court seized the momentum generated by their predec...

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