Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire / 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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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Early medieval North Atlantic.
Physical Description:1 online resource (279 pages)
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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