Kingship and politics in the late ninth century : Charles the Fat and the end of the Carolingian Empire / Simon Maclean.

ISBN:

9780511061554

9780511070013

9780511121081

9780521819459

9780511496363

9781280162480

Title:

Kingship and politics in the late ninth century : Charles the Fat and the end of the Carolingian Empire / Simon Maclean.

Author:

MacLean, Simon.

Personal Author:

MacLean, Simon.

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) : maps.

Series:

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 57

Contents:

Un-Frankish activities : Charles the Fat in the eyes of contemporary annalists -- The men who would be kings : the 'supermagnates' and the 'rise of the aristocracy' -- Royal politics and regional power in the late Carolingian empire -- The end of the empire I : politics and ideology at the east Frankish court -- The end of the empire II : response and failure -- History, politics and the end of the empire in Notker's Deeds of Charlemagne.

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Personal Subject:

Charles, le Gros, Emperor, 839-888.

Geographic Term:

France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.

France -- History -- To 987.

Holy Roman Empire -- History -- 843-1273.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2003

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Analyzing the collapse of the pan-European Carolingian Empire in 888 (as seen through the reign of its last ruler, Charles the Fat), this study argues against the generally pessimistic views of the vitality of late ninth-century politics. Its conclusions suggest a new way of looking at the political history of the period, and offer new interpretations of aspects of early medieval kingship, government and historical writing.

List of maps and figures

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Note on names, terminology and citations

Outline chronology

1 Introduction

2 Un-Frankish activities: Charles the Fat in the eyes of contemporary annalists

3 The men who would be kings: the 'supermagnates' and the 'rise of the aristocracy'

4 Royal politics and regional power in the late Carolingian empire

5 The end of the Empire I: politics and ideology at the east Frankish court

6 The end of the Empire II: response and failure

7 History, politics and the end of the empire in Notker's Deeds of Charlemagne

8 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

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