MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008049138
003 DLC
005 20081117100608.0
008 081110s2008 enk b 001 0beng
010 $a 2008049138
020 $a9780521881524 (hbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
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050 00 $aDC74$b.D4 2008
082 00 $a944/.014092$aB$222
100 1 $aDe Jong, Mayke.
245 14 $aThe penitential state :$bauthority and atonement in the age of Louis the Pious, 814-840 /$cMayke de Jong.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2008.
263 $a0904
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
600 00 $aLouis$bI,$cEmperor,$d778-840.
600 00 $aLouis$bI,$cEmperor,$d778-840$xReligion.
650 0 $aRepentance$xPolitical aspects$zFrance$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aAtonement$xPolitical aspects$zFrance$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aMonarchy$zFrance$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aChurch and state$zFrance$xHistory$yTo 1500.
651 0 $aFrance$xKings and rulers$vBiography.
651 0 $aFrance$xHistory$yTo 987$vSources.
651 0 $aFrance$xChurch history$yTo 987$vSources.
651 0 $aFrance$xKings and rulers$xReligious aspects.