Stone / West The divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberga

Hincmar of Rheims's <i>De divortio</i>
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78499-743-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Manchester Medieval Sources

The first published translation of Hincmar’s treatise – a key source for studying ninth-century political history and the ideology of kingship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stone, Rachel

West, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. The political background
2. Hincmar of Rheims
3. De Divortio
4. Law and justice
5. Penance and confession
6. Christian marriage and Frankish society
7. Theutberga's offences
8. Magic, witchcraft and the workings of the devil
9. Kingship and bishops
10. Aftermath
11. Conclusion
The text
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stone Rachel:
Charles West is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of SheffieldWest Charles:
Rachel Stone is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College, LondonRachel Stone is Visiting Research Associate in the Department of History at King’s College, London

Charles West is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Sheffield