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Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the End of the Carolingian Empire

By Simon MacLean

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0521819458, 9780521819459
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2751841 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Pages
282\282
Topic
History
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

Analyzing the collapse of the pan-European Carolingian Empire in 888 (as seen through the reign of its last ruler, Charles the Fat), this study argues against the generally pessimistic views of the vitality of late ninth-century politics. Its conclusions suggest a new way of looking at the political history of the period, and offer new interpretations of aspects of early medieval kingship, government and historical writing.

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