IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 539: Texts and Politics in the Long 10th Century, I: The Western Kingdom
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter |
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Organiser: | Edward Roberts, Departamento de Historia Medieval, Moderna y de América, Universidad del País Vasco |
Moderator/Chair: | Levi Roach, Department of History, University of Exeter |
Paper 539-a | Establishing Rule: Charles the Simple and the Cases of Western Francia and Lotharingia (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 539-b | Histories in Diplomas: Kings, Archbishops, Nobles, and the Disputes over St Servatius's Abbey in Maastricht, 898 and 919 (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 539-c | Religious Patronage in the Reign of Louis IV (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | In recent years, there has been substantial re-evaluation of traditional approaches to medieval texts, from narrative histories to documentary sources. While this reappraisal has inspired much interest in earlier Carolingian political history, the so-called 'post-Carolingian' world of the 10th century has yet to be thoroughly investigated on the same terms. How did texts produced in the late 9th- and 10th-century political climate differ from those of the preceding century? Is it possible to refashion the traditional political narrative of late Carolingian fragmentation and decline by reassessing the foundations on which this very narrative has been constructed? Our intention is to draw together recent work on such themes. |