An edition of The penitential state (2008)

The penitential state

authority and atonement in the age of Louis the Pious, 814-840

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Mayke De Jong
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An edition of The penitential state (2008)

The penitential state

authority and atonement in the age of Louis the Pious, 814-840

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Pages
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The penitential state
Louis the Pious (778-840)
A boy who became a king
Adolescentia
The conquest of Aachen
Dynasty
Scapegoats and rebels
Intermezzo
833 and all that
Restoration
The last years
Ninth-century narratives
The court and its narratives
The message from inside : annals
Imperial imagery : Einhard
A bishop's view : Thegan
The corridors of power : the Astronomer
Poetic praise : Ermold the Black
With hindsight : Nithard on Louis the Pious
Looking back in anger : Radbert on Wala
Admonitio, correptio, increpatio
Criticising rulers
The watchman in the house of Israel
The vocabulary of admonition and sin
Royal admonition
Admonition from beyond the grave
From admonitio to increpatio
The wages of sin (828-829)
Scapegoats : Matfrid and Hugh
Clades : the offended deity
The winter assembly of 828-829
Letters from the palace
A penitential synod : Paris, 829
Purity and danger (830-831)
The reputation of the palace
The one and only queen
Sexual slander
Purity and danger
Rebellion and restoration
Scandal and satisfaction (832-834)
An unexpected visitor
Debates on the Field of Lies
Public sin and public penance
The bishops argue their case
The case against the bishops
Some observations on 833 and ritual
Turning the tables
Epilogue: The penitential state after Louis the Pious.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cambridge, New York
Genre
Biography., Sources.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
944/.014092, B
Library of Congress
DC74 .D4 2008, DC74 .D4 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
317

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22679881M
ISBN 13
9780521881524
LCCN
2008049138
OCLC/WorldCat
273823640
Goodreads
4594698

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