IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1105: Texts and Identities, VIII: Government, Mobility, and Communication in the Carolingian Empire under Louis the Pious (814-840), i
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Hludowicus Project: www.hludowicus.eu, Agence nationale de la Recherche / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / Institut für Mittelalterforschung der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien |
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| Organisers: | Philippe Depreux, Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université de Limoges / Institut Universitaire de France Maximilian Diesenberger, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien Stefan Esders, Geschichte der Spätantike und des frühen Mittelalters, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin Steffen Patzold, Historisches Seminar, Universität Tübingen |
| Moderator/Chair: | Mayke de Jong, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Paper 1105-a | Missi and Inquisition Procedure under Louis the Pious: A New Style of Government? (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Political Thought |
| Paper 1105-b | From Theory to Practice: Top-down Government and Long Distance Communications in Louis the Pious' ordinatio of 825 (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Political Thought |
| Paper 1105-c | Videte ut nullam negligentiam habeatis: Reception of the King's missi, tractoria and the Carolingian Sense of Proportion for Hospitality of Travelling Agents (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Political Thought |
| Abstract | The second half of the reign of Louis the Pious is usually considered a time of decline, in which the Frankish empire started to dissolve amid internal rebellions and external pressure. However, the manifold challenges of that prolonged crisis also served as points of departure for new ideas and concepts for dealing with the current dangers. Rethinking the obligations of kingship, ecclesiastical office, and the lay aristocracy, the period in question can also be pictured as a time of transformation, in which new ways of doing things were settled. Stefan Esders analyses the institution of the missi dominici to show the rethinking of governmental intervention in local affairs while Martin Gravel studies the ordinatio of 825 as a testimony to the emperor's vast communication efforts. Finally, the activities of the missi as well as the conditions of their work are the subject of the paper presented by Philippe Depreux. |