The Carolingian EmpireA classic account of Charles the Great and the heyday of Frankish rule in Europe, evaluating the achievements and failures of the empire which has been called ?the first Europe.? Reprinted from the 1968 edition, translation first published in 1957. |
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Table des matières
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The Court Scholars | 79 |
Nobles and Officials | 104 |
The Poor | 144 |
The last years of Charles The Great | 177 |
Index | 189 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
abbey abbot according administration Agobard Aix-la-Chapelle Alcuin ancient Angilbert aristocratic Austrasia authority Avars became bishops Boniface Byzantine Byzantium canons capitularies Carloman Carolingian Carolingian empire Carolingian Renaissance Carolini Charlemagne Charles Charles's reign Christ Christian church clergy conception Cone counts court decrees divine dominion Dopsch duty ecclesiastical Einhard emperor empire fact faithful feud Fichtenau Frankish kingdom Franks free-men Ganshof Germanic Geschichte hand heavenly Hrabanus Maurus Ibid imperial coronation king king's land later Lombards lord lord's Louis the Pious matter Merovingian military missi missi dominici Mittelalter monastery monks Neustria never nobility noble Notker officials pagan Pepin Poet political pope pope Leo III priest Professor Fichtenau proprietary churches provinces realm relics religious Roman Rome rule ruler saints Saxon scholars Script secular magnates serfs servants sphere spiritual synod Theodulf tribes vassals Vita whole
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Page 85 - Scots were unrivalled for their skill in sacred and secular learning: and day by day, when the crowd gathered round them for traffic, they exhibited no wares for sale, but cried out and said, ' Ho, everyone that desires wisdom, let him draw near and take it at our hands; for it is wisdom that we have for sale'.
Page 94 - Habakkuk [Dan. 14:3238], to be transported to you, how would I sink into your embraces, . . . how would I cover, with tightly pressed lips, not only your eyes, ears, and mouth but also your every finger and your toes, not once but many a time.81 80.
Page 53 - Christ our Lord, by whom the angels praise thy Majesty, the dominations adore it, the powers tremble before it, the heavens, the heavenly virtues, and blessed Seraphim, with common jubilee glorify it.
Page 75 - To Charles the Augustus, crowned of God, the great and pacific Emperor, long life and victory.
Page 1 - The illustrious tribe of the Franks, established by God the Creator, brave in war, faithful in peace, wise in their counsels, of noble body, of immaculate purity, of choice physique, courageous, quick and impetuous, converted to the Catholic faith, free of heresy.
Page xviii - are caught between the pressure of the Western Government whose servants they are, and the pressure of the people whom they represent against the Government. Where there are no indigenous chiefs, the Government has no machinery to work through, since it cannot handle the allegiances of kinship groups and of religious congregations. Where Governments appointed their own chiefs, these were not restrained by indigenous sanctions and often became rank exploiters of their fellows...
Page ii - Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching EDITORIAL BOARD Madeline Caviness Bill Harnum Norris J. Lacy Carol Neel Edward Peters Suzanne Rancourt David Staines Luke Wenger...
Page 81 - Inde cum Cesaraugustam civitatem accessisset, more Francorum auro corruptus, absque ullo sudore pro eripienda a barbarorum dominatione sancta ecclesia, ad propria revertitur.

