Charles the Bald: Court and kingdom : papers based on a colloquium held in London in April 1979 (BAR international series)

Edited By Margaret Gibson And Janet Nelson ; With The Assistance Of David Ganz. English; Two Papers In French And Two Papers In German. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Page Copyright Page Preface Note on the Frontispeice Table of Contents Abbreviations List of Plates List of Maps and Figures I. SOME SOURCES FOR THE REIGN OF CHARLES THE BALD 1. Ademar of Chabannes and the History of Aquitaine in the Reign of Charles the Bald 2. The ‘Annals of St Bertin’ II. NUMISMATICS 3. The ‘Gratia Dei Rex’ Coinage of Charles the Bald 4. A Sketch of the Currency in the Time of Charles the Bald III. POLITICS: THE COURT AND THE PROVINCES 5. On the Distribution of Political Power in Brittany in the Mid-Ninth Century 6. Charles the Bald and the Government of the Kingdom of Aquitaine 7. Charles the Bald, Judith and England 8. Ermentrude and Richildis 9. Charles the Bald and Wifred the Hairy IV. THE ECONOMY 10. Geographie rurale du royaume de Charles le Chauve 11. Trade and Market Origins in the Ninth Century: An Archaeological Perspective of Anglo-Carolingian Relations V. THE CHURCH 12. Falscher unter sich: zum Streit zwischen Hinkmar von Reims und Hinkmar con Laon 13. Zu den Beziehungen zwischen Hinkmar von Reims und Hrabanus Maurus 14. A Visual Epitome of the Eucharistic ‘Ordo’ From the Era of Charles the Bald: The Ivory Mass Cover of the Drogo Sacramentary VI. Literature and Learning 15. Latin Poetry Under Charles the Bald and Carolingian Poetry 16. Rag. Reads Priscian 17. Carolingian Astrological Manuscripts 18. Masters and Medicine in Northern France During the Reign of Charles the Bald VII. The Scholar in Society 19. The Debate on Predestination 20. Wulfad, Charles the Bald and John Scottus Eriugena 21. The Palace School of Charles the Bald General Index Discusses the historical and political aspects of the reign of this ninth-century French king