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1 online resource (277 pages) : map. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The Early Medieval North Atlantic
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Early medieval North Atlantic.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
By the early ninth century, the responsibility for a series of social, religious and political reforms 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 this correctio ever further. These reformers knew they constituted a movement greater than the sum of its parts; the interdependence of imperial authority and ecclesiastical reformers was driven by comprehensive, yet surprisingly diverse expectations.00Taking this diversity as a starting point, this book takes a fresh look at these optimistic decades. Extrapolating from a series of detailed case studies rather than presenting a grand narrative, it offers new interpretations of contemporary theories of 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. |
| Contents |
1. Framing the Carolingian Reforms: The Early Years of Louis the Pious -- Building an Empire -- Communities and Discourse Communities -- Between Cloister and Court -- 2. Model for Empire: The Councils of 813 and the Institutio Canonicorum -- Road to 813 -- Teaching the Empire -- `An Effort, not an Honour': Bishops and Their Responsibilities -- Church Fathers in Aachen -- Correcting Communities -- Communicating Correctio -- Channelling Authority -- 3. Monks on the Via Regia: The World of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel -- Life in Context -- Directions for a King: The Via Regia -- Explaining a Way: The Expositio in Regulam Sancti Benedicts -- Crowning Achievement: The Diadema Monachorum -- Lives of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel -- 4. Caesar et abba simul: Monastic Reforms between Aachen and Aniane -- Emperor and the Monks -- On the Outside Looking In -- Armed with the Javelins of Debate': Benedict of Aniane Goes to Court -- Death of an Abbot. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Louis I, Emperor, 778-840.
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Louis I, Emperor, 778-840. |
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Carolingians -- Conduct of life.
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Carolingians. |
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Conduct of life. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kramer, Rutger. Rethinking authority in the Carolingian empire. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019 9462982643 (OCoLC)1076417281 |
| ISBN |
9789048532681 (electronic book) |
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904853268X (electronic book) |
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9789462982642 (hardcover) |
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9462982643 (hardcover) |
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