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

Rutger Kramer

book: Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2019

Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire

Ideals and Expectations during the Reign of Louis the Pious (813-828)

Rutger Kramer

Volume 6 in the series The Early Medieval North Atlantic

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048532681

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Kramer Rutger :

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.

Reviews

"In his superb new monograph, Rutger Kramer investigates the origins and manifestations of the striking, consequential self-consciousness of the Carolingian episcopate and argues that it developed during the early years of Louis the Pious's reign. [1] [...] Explicit references to Carolingian self-consciousness appear on nearly every page of Kramer's study. What Kramer shows with astonishing clarity is the extent to which the "Carolingian experiment" was characterized by--indeed, was constituted by--a constant watching, and the implications of this surveillance."
- Courtney M. Booker, The Medieval Review, 21.08.26 (2021)

"There is much to admire here. Kramer’s extensive research is reflected in the copious bibliography. [...] Kramer is clearly aware of the limitations of both his sources and his methodology, but he is also very attuned to the possibilities that this kind of case-study approach might offer."
- Laura Wangerin, Church History, Vol. 91, Iss. 3

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	7
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	13
A Note on Translations, Sources and Names Open Access Download PDF	17
Prologue. Great Expectations Open Access Download PDF	19
1. Framing the Carolingian Reforms : The Early Years of Louis the Pious Open Access Download PDF	31
2. A Model for Empire : The Councils of 813 and the Institutio Canonicorum Open Access Download PDF	59
3. Monks on the Via Regia: The World of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel Open Access Download PDF	123
4. Caesar et abba simul : Monastic Reforms between Aachen and Aniane Open Access Download PDF	169
Epilogue. Imperial Responsibilities and the Discourse of Reforms Open Access Download PDF	215
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	227
Index Open Access Download PDF	275

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 278
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
Keywords: Carolingians; monasticism; church history; reforms; authority

eBook

Published: February 11, 2019
ISBN: 9789048532681