Umfang:
1 online resource (279 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789048532681
Serie:
The Early Medieval North Atlantic Ser. v.6
Inhalt:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Translations, Sources and Names -- Prologue -- Great Expectations -- 1. Framing the Carolingian Reforms: The Early Years of Louis the Pious -- Building an Empire -- Communities and Discourse Communities -- Between Cloister and Court -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Manuscripts Cited -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789462982642
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789462982642
Sprache:
Englisch
