hincmar
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Motherhood, apple pie and five Carolingians fighting in a sack from magistra 353 days old
[ ... ] of this. Hincmar of Rheims’s role in resisting Louis is well-known. In response to Louis’ demand for the bishops to come and advise him, at a ...
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Hincmar’s world 6: law, what is it good for? from magistra 401 days old
It is only now I have started reading histories of Carolingian canon law in a systematic way that I have realised the peculiar position that many authors ...
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Hincmar’s world 5: the curious case of Hincmar in the night from magistra 418 days old
The game of pointing out Hincmar’s inconsistent views and political manoeuvring is an enjoyable one for scholars. One of the most interesting examples ...
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Hincmar’s world 4: Hincmar’s cunning plan? from magistra 429 days old
One of the key political questions scholars have debated while studying Hincmar’s De Divortio Lotharii regis et Teutberga reginae is the extent to which ...
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Sarah Palin and Theutberga from magistra 434 days old
[ ... ] translating Hincmar’s text on a royal divorce, and all the lurid allegations that contains about Queen Theutberga’s sexual life. So the question ...
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Hincmar’s world 3: marriage disputes and ninth century courts from magistra 440 days old
[ ... ] to bedevil Hincmar for more than thirty years, but that’s a different story. Now, an outline of the most significant of the marriage disputes. ...
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Hincmar’s world 2: bishops, ‘jurisdiction’ and theories from magistra 452 days old
[ ... ] meanwhile, Hincmar says that his nephew Hincmar of Laon shouldn’t be judged by ‘seculare iudicium’ as Charles the Bald wanted, but rather by ...
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Hincmar’s world 1: canon law in the ninth century? from magistra 455 days old
This is the start of an intermittent series of posts on topics around Hincmar’s text De Divortio Lotharii regis et Theutbergae reginae, which a friend ...
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Why Hincmar would have blogged... from magistra 599 days old
[ ... ] that for Hincmar someone would have to metaphorically channel his spirit. And I really wouldn’t advise that with Hincmar. Three reasons why ...
