Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire : Ideals and Expectations during the Reign of Louis the Pious (813-828) Hardback
by Rutger Kramer
Part of the The Early Medieval North Atlantic series
Hardback
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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 predecessors and broadened the scope of these reforms ever further.
These reformers knew they represented a movement greater than the sum of its parts; the interdependence between those wielding imperial authority and those bearing responsibility for ecclesiastical reforms was driven by comprehensive, yet still surprisingly diverse expectations.
Taking this diversity as a starting point, this book takes a fresh look at the optimistic first decades of the ninth century.
Extrapolating from a series of detailed case studies rather than presenting a new grand narrative, it offers new interpretations of contemporary theories of personal improvement and institutional 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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:278 pages, 1 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:11/02/2019
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- ISBN:9789462982642
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:278 pages, 1 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:11/02/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9789462982642
