Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the End of the Carolingian Empire

ISBN-13: 9780521819459 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 288 str.

Simon MacLean; Rosamond McKitterick; Christine Carpenter

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'… this is an excellent book and makes many important contributions to a period that deserves to be better known and understood.' English Historical Review

Spis treści

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.