Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire / Rutger Kramer.
By the early ninth century, the responsibility for a series of social, religious and political reforms 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 predecessors and bro...
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[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Translations, Sources and Names
- Prologue. Great Expectations
- 1. Framing the Carolingian Reforms : The Early Years of Louis the Pious
- 2. A Model for Empire : The Councils of 813 and the Institutio Canonicorum
- 3. Monks on the Via Regia: The World of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel
- 4. Caesar et abba simul : Monastic Reforms between Aachen and Aniane
- Epilogue. Imperial Responsibilities and the Discourse of Reforms
- Bibliography
- Index.