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Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century
Charles the Fat and the End of the Carolingian Empire
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Author: MacLean Simon
The collapse of the pan-European Carolingian empire in 888 under its ruler Charles the Fat.
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Kingship and politics in the late ninth century: charles the fat and the end of the carolingian empire
Publication date: 09-2003
288 p. · 16.2x23.6 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 09-2003
288 p. · 16.2x23.6 cm · Hardback
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Kingship and politics in the late ninth century: charles the fat and the end of the carolingian empire
Publication date: 11-2007
288 p. · 15.2x22.8 cm
Publication date: 11-2007
288 p. · 15.2x22.8 cm
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This is a major study of the collapse of the pan-European Carolingian empire and the reign of its last ruler, Charles III 'the Fat' (876?888). The later decades of the empire are conventionally seen as a dismal period of decline and fall, scarred by internal feuding, unfettered aristocratic ambition and Viking onslaught. This book offers an alternative interpretation, arguing that previous generations of historians misunderstood the nature and causes of the end of the empire, and neglected many of the relatively numerous sources for this period. Topics covered include the significance of aristocratic power; political structures; the possibilities and limits of kingship; developments in royal ideology; the struggle with the Vikings and the nature of regional political identities. In proposing these explanations for the empire's disintegration, the book has broader implications for our understanding of this formative period of European history more generally.
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.
Simon MacLean is Lecturer in History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
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