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Hardback. The first published translation of Hincmar's treatise - a key source for studying ninth-century political history and the ideology of kingship. Series Editor(s): Horrox, Rosemary; MacLean, Simon. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 33. Weight in Grams: 576.
In the mid-ninth century, Francia was rocked by the first royal divorce scandal of the Middle Ages: the attempt by King Lothar II of Lotharingia to rid himself of his queen, Theutberga and remarry. Even 'women in their weaving sheds' were allegedly gossiping about the lurid accusations made. Kings and bishops from neighbouring kingdoms, and several popes, were gradually drawn into a crisis affecting the fate of an entire kingdom. This is the first professionally published translation of a key source for this extraordinary episode: Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims's De divortio Lotharii regis et ... Read more
In the mid-ninth century, Francia was rocked by the first royal divorce scandal of the Middle Ages: the attempt by King Lothar II of Lotharingia to rid himself of his queen, Theutberga and remarry. Even 'women in their weaving sheds' were allegedly gossiping about the lurid accusations made. Kings and bishops from neighbouring kingdoms, and several popes, were gradually drawn into a crisis affecting the fate of an entire kingdom. This is the first professionally published translation of a key source for this extraordinary episode: Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims's De divortio Lotharii regis et ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberga: Hincmar of Rheims´s De Divortio
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Manchester Medieval Sources
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719082955
SKU
V9780719082955
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About Hardback
Rachel 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 -- .
Reviews for 20160620
'Overall,fellow historians will appreciate the expertise, clarity and good sense withwhich Stone and West have approached both the text and the elucidation of itscontext. It is admirably abreast of current scholarship (not least that since1992) on Frankish politics, the Frankish church, bishops, canon law, patristicand early medieval commentaries and use of Latin. This book, in short, is avaluable contribution to ... Read more