West, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-9134-261X (2016) «Fratres, omni die videtis cum vadit istud regnum in perdicionem»: Abbo of Saint-Germain and the Crisis of 888. Reti Medievali Rivista, 17 (2). ISSN 1593-2214
Abstract
Historians often consider the year 888 to have marked the effective end of the Carolingian empire established by Charlemagne. This paper explores the issue from the perspective of a contemporary author, the monk Abbo of Saint-Germain des Prés. Abbo is today best known for his poem about the Viking sieges of Paris, but he later also compiled a fascinating and rather overlooked set of sermons. Taken together, these texts offer an insight into contemporary responses to the “crisis” that followed the deposition and death of Emperor Charles the Fat.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Firenze University Press, 2016 . This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Odo of Paris; Abbo of Saint-Germain; Vikings; West Francia; kingship |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL (AHRC) AH/L010623/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2016 10:16 |
Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2017 15:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/521 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Firenze University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.6092/1593-2214/521 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101188 |