Hincmar of Rheims : life and work / edited by Rachel Stone and Charles West.

"Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims (d.882) is a crucial figure for early medieval European history. As an archbishop for nearly forty years, Hincmar shaped the times in which he lived, advising and admonishing kings, playing a leading role in the Frankish church, and intervening in a range of politi...

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Other Authors: Stone, Rachel, West, Charles, 1979-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester [U.K.] : Manchester University Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Hincmar's world / Rachel Stone
  • Hincmar's life in his historical writing / Janet L. Nelson
  • To fight with words: the case of Hincmar of Laon in the Annals of St.-Bertin / Christine Kleinjung
  • An unfortunate necessity? Hincmar and Lothar I / Elina Screen
  • Appendix: The authenticity of the letters of Leo IV in the Collectio Britannica
  • 'We are between the hammer and the anvil': Hincmar in the crisis of 875 / Clémentine Bernard-Valette
  • Hincmar's influence during Louis the Stammerer's reign / Margaret McCarthy
  • Hincmar and his Roman legal sources / Simon Corcoran
  • 'Hincmar et la loi' revisited: on Hincmar's use of capitularies / Philippe Depreux
  • The bishop and the law, according to Hincmar's Life of Saint Remigius / Marie-Céline Isaïa
  • Family order and kingship according to Hincmar / Sylvie Joye
  • 'The praetor does concern himself with trifles': Hincmar, the polyptych of St-Remi of Rheims and the slaves of Courtisols / Josiane Barbier
  • Appendix: The nota and the structure of the entry for Courtisols in the Paris manuscript
  • Hincmar's parish priests / Charles West
  • Heresy in the flesh: Gottschalk of Orbais and the predestination controversy in the archdiocese of Rheims / Matthew Bryan Gillis
  • Hincmar, priests and Pseudo-Isidore. The case of Trising in context / Mayke de Jong
  • Appendix: Letter from Hincmar of Rheims to Pope Hadrian II, spring 871.