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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kramer, Rutger (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
Colección:Early medieval North Atlantic.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Framing the Carolingian Reforms: The Early Years of Louis the Pious
  • Building an Empire
  • Communities and Discourse Communities
  • Between Cloister and Court
  • 2. Model for Empire: The Councils of 813 and the Institutio Canonicorum
  • Road to 813
  • Teaching the Empire
  • `An Effort, not an Honour': Bishops and Their Responsibilities
  • Church Fathers in Aachen
  • Correcting Communities
  • Communicating Correctio
  • Channelling Authority
  • 3. Monks on the Via Regia: The World of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel
  • Life in Context
  • Directions for a King: The Via Regia
  • Explaining a Way: The Expositio in Regulam Sancti Benedicts
  • Crowning Achievement: The Diadema Monachorum
  • Lives of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel
  • 4. Caesar et abba simul: Monastic Reforms between Aachen and Aniane
  • Emperor and the Monks
  • On the Outside Looking In
  • Armed with the Javelins of Debate': Benedict of Aniane Goes to Court
  • Death of an Abbot.