DR. Rutger Kramer

Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire. Ideals and Expectations during the Reign of Louis the Pious (813-828)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book 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.

Produktdetails

• The Early Medieval North Atlantic
• Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9789462982642
• ISBN-10: 9462982643
• Artikelnr.: 54614245

Autorenporträt

Rutger Kramer is currently a post-doctoral researcher within the project Visions of Community (FWF Austrian Science Fund F42) at the Institute for Medieval Research in Vienna.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue Great Expectations Chapter 1 Framing the Carolingian Reforms - The
Early Years of Louis the Pious Building an Empire Communities and Discourse
Communities Between Cloister and Court Chapter 2 A Model for Empire - The
Councils of 813 and the Institutio Canonicorum The 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 Chapter 3 Monks on the Via Regia: The World of
Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel A Life in Context Directions for a King: The Via
Regia Explaining A Way: The Expositio in Regulam Sancti Benedicti A
Crowning Achievement: The Diadema Monachorum The Lives of Smaragdus of
Saint-Mihiel Chapter 4 Caesar et abba simul: Monastic Reforms between
Aachen and Aniane The Emperor and the Monks On the Outside Looking In
'Armed with the Javelins of Debate': Benedict of Aniane goes to Court The
Death of an Abbot Epilogue Imperial Responsibilities and the Discourse of
Reforms