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In 833 Emperor Louis The Pious, Charlemagne's Son, Submitted To A Public Penance In The Wake Of A Rebellion By His Three Elder Sons. This Penance Amounted To A Deposition, For Louis Was To Atone For His Sins For The Rest Of His Life. Only Half A Year Later, He Was Back On The Throne Again. In This Major Re-evaluation Of Louis's Reign, Mayke De Jong Argues That His Penance Was The Outcome Of A Political Discourse And Practice In Which The Accountability Of The Frankish Ruler To God Played An Increasingly Central Role. However Heated Their Debates, This Was A Moral High Ground Louis Shared With Churchmen And Secular Magnates. Through A Profound Re-reading Of Text By Contemporary Authors Who Reflected On Legitimate Authority In Times Of Crisis, This Book Reveals A World In Which Political Crime Was Defined As Sin, And Royal Authority Was Enhanced By Atonement.--book Jacket. Introduction: 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

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Author

De Jong, Mayke.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521205207

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Religion

Rating

5 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14