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Charlemagne: the formation of a European identity

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McKitterick, Rosamond

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Cambridge University Press

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2008

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English

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List of maps

List of tables

Preface

List of abbreviations

1. Representations of Charlemagne

Introduction

Ninth-century narrative images of Charlemagne: Einhard, the Astronomer and the Poeta Saxo

The Revised Version of the Annales regni francorum

The Annales regni francorum

Charlemagne's later years

Conclusion

2. Pippinids, Arnulfings and Agilolfings: the creation of a dynasty

Introduction: perceptions of the eighth century and the rise of the Carolingians

The Pippinids and their rise to political prominence

Preparation for kingship: Pippin III and Charlemagne

Charlemagne and Carloman 768-771: joint rule

Sole rule and its consequences: Charlemagne's family, legitimacy and the succession

The succession: the Divisio regnorum (806) and Charlemagne's will (811)

The growth of the kingdom

Exteriores gentes

Conclusion: the limits of expansion

3. The royal court

Introduction

The royal household: poetic images

The royal household: the De ordine palatii of Hincmar of Reims

The Capitulare de villis and the De ordine palatii

The royal household in later narrative accounts

Charlemagne's palaces and the status of Aachen

An itinerant court or an itinerant king?

Charlemagne's travels

Political and diplomatic space

Charters and the royal itinerary

Charter survival

Charter redaction

The royal writing office and the palace notaries

Conclusion: court and kingdom

4. The king and the kingdom: communications and identities

Introduction

Communications

Assemblies

The capitularies

Charlemagne's programmatic capitularies, 769-797

The regional capitularies and the benefits of Carolingian rule

The administrative capitularies for the missi dominici, 802-813

The missi dominici and their books

Multiple loyalties and their obligations

Communications beyond the empire

Diplomacy and political identities

Conclusion: the mastering of space

5. Correctio, knowledge and power

Introduction

The sacred topography of the Frankish kingdom

The bishops

Correctio: ecclesiastical reform

Orthodoxy

Correctio: language and control

Charlemagne's sacred itinerary: Christian space and time

Relics and saints

Royal piety

The palace chapel and the liturgy

Royal books

Conclusion: space, time and the geography of learning

Bibliography

Index of manuscripts

General index

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Academic theses
Biographies
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
Carolingians
Carolingians -- History
Carolingiens
Carolingiens -- Histoire
Charlemagne
Charlemagne, empereur d'Occident, 742-814
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814
dissertations
Electronic books
Europe -- Holy Roman Empire
France
France -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 987
France -- History -- To 987
France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Histoire
Historical
HISTORY
Holy Roman Empire -- History -- To 1517
Holy Roman Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Karl
Karl Römisch-Deutsches Reich, Kaiser, I
Kings and rulers
Rois et souverains
Rois et souverains -- France -- Biographies
Rois et souverains -- Saint Empire romain germanique -- Biographies
Saint Empire romain germanique -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1517
Thèses et écrits académiques

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9780521716451
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9780511398032
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9780511404252
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9780511400834
9780511396533
9780511402708
9780521886727
9780511803314
9780511398841

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