Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire Rutger Kramer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kramer, Rutger, author.

Series:

Early medieval North Atlantic.

The early medieval North Atlantic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Louis I, Emperor, 778-840.

Politics and government.

Church and state.

Carolingians.

Authority--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Authority.

Authority--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History.

Church and state--Italy--History--To 1500.

Church and state--France--History--To 1500.

Italy.

France.

Italy--Politics and government--476-1268.

France--Politics and government--To 987.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"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"-- Publisher's Web site.

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-273) and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-70295-3

1-04-079681-8

90-485-3268-X

9781003702955

OCLC:

1100444870