Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire

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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1. VerfasserIn: Kramer, Rutger (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2019]
In:Jahr: 2019
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:The Early Medieval North Atlantic
weitere Schlagwörter:B Carolingians Conduct of life
B monasticism
B HISTORY / Medieval
B authority
B church history
B Carolingians
B reforms
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Zusammenfassung: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 broadened the scope of this correctio ever further. These reformers knew they constituted a movement greater than the sum of its parts; the interdependence of imperial authority and ecclesiastical reformers was driven by comprehensive, yet surprisingly diverse expectations.Taking this diversity as a starting point, this book takes a fresh look at these optimistic decades. Extrapolating from a series of detailed case studies rather than presenting a grand narrative, it offers new interpretations of contemporary theories of correctio, and shows the self-awareness of its main instigators as they pondered what it meant to be a good Christian in a good Christian empire
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
Medienart:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:904853268X
Zugangseinschränkungen:Open Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9789048532681