Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire
Kramer, Rutger,
Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire Rutger Kramer. - 1 online resource (277 pages) : map ; - The early medieval North Atlantic . - Early medieval North Atlantic. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-273) and index.
Open Access
"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"--
9789048532681 904853268X
Louis I, Emperor, 778-840.
Louis I, Emperor, 778-840.
To 1500
Politics and government.
Church and state.
Carolingians.
Authority--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Carolingians.
Authority--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History.
Church and state--History--Italy--To 1500.
Church and state--History--France--To 1500.
Italy.
France.
Italy--Politics and government--476-1268.
France--Politics and government--To 987.
History.
Electronic books.
DC74 / .K73 2019
944/.014
Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire Rutger Kramer. - 1 online resource (277 pages) : map ; - The early medieval North Atlantic . - Early medieval North Atlantic. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-273) and index.
Open Access
"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"--
9789048532681 904853268X
Louis I, Emperor, 778-840.
Louis I, Emperor, 778-840.
To 1500
Politics and government.
Church and state.
Carolingians.
Authority--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Carolingians.
Authority--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History.
Church and state--History--Italy--To 1500.
Church and state--History--France--To 1500.
Italy.
France.
Italy--Politics and government--476-1268.
France--Politics and government--To 987.
History.
Electronic books.
DC74 / .K73 2019
944/.014