Charles The Bald
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1992
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-582-05584-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-582-05584-1 (ISBN)
Offers a re-appraisal of Charles the Bald's achievement in his own time, and also explains why Charles, in spite of himself, can be seen as the maker of France.
This important and long-awaited study is the first full-scale biography of Charlemagne's grandson, King of the West Franks from 843 to 877, and Emperor from 875. Posterity has not been kind to Charles or his age, seeing him as a fatally weak ruler in decadent times, threatened by Viking invaders and overmighty subjects. Janet Nelson, however, reveals an able and resourceful ruler who, under challenging conditions, maintained and enhanced royal authority, and held together the kingdom that, outlasting the Carolingians themselves, in due course became France.
This important and long-awaited study is the first full-scale biography of Charlemagne's grandson, King of the West Franks from 843 to 877, and Emperor from 875. Posterity has not been kind to Charles or his age, seeing him as a fatally weak ruler in decadent times, threatened by Viking invaders and overmighty subjects. Janet Nelson, however, reveals an able and resourceful ruler who, under challenging conditions, maintained and enhanced royal authority, and held together the kingdom that, outlasting the Carolingians themselves, in due course became France.
Janet L. Nelson
List of genealogical tables and maps
Editor's preface
Author's acknowledgement
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. The Carolingian economy and the State
3. The context of politics
4. 823-840: Youthful training
5. 840-843: Winning a kingdom
6. 843-849: Challenge and response
7. 850-858: Competition and crisis
8. 859-869: Prospects of power
9. 869-877: Glittering prizes
10. Epilogue
Appendix 1: Charles the Bald's palace personnel
Appendix 2: the beneficaries of the charters of Charles the Bald
Bibliography
Genealogical tables
Maps
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.3.1992 |
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Reihe/Serie | The Medieval World |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 213 x 139 mm |
Gewicht | 1022 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-582-05584-9 / 0582055849 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-582-05584-1 / 9780582055841 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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