بازاندیشی در مورد اقتدار در امپراتوری کارولنژی: آرمان‌ها و انتظارات در دوران سلطنت لویی پارسا (۸۱۳-۸۲۸) (شمال آتلانتیک اوایل قرون وسطی)

"By the early ninth century, the responsibility for a series of social, religious and political transformations had become an integral part of running the Carolingian empire. This became especially clear when, in 813/4, Louis the Pious and his court seized the momentum generated by their predecessors and broadened the scope of these reforms ever further. These reformers knew they represented a movement greater than the sum of its parts; the interdependence between those wielding imperial authority and those bearing responsibility for ecclesiastical reforms was driven by comprehensive, yet still surprisingly diverse expectations. Taking this diversity as a starting point, this book takes a fresh look at the optimistic first decades of the ninth century. Extrapolating from a series of detailed case studies rather than presenting a new grand narrative, it offers new interpretations of contemporary theories of personal improvement and institutional correctio, and shows the self-awareness of its main instigators as they pondered what it meant to be a good Christian in a good Christian empire"-- Publisher's Web site Cover 1 Table of Contents 9 Acknowledgements 15 A Note on Translations, Sources and Names 19 Prologue 21 Great Expectations 21 1. Framing the Carolingian Reforms: The Early Years of Louis the Pious 33 Building an Empire 39 Communities and Discourse Communities 45 Between Cloister and Court 51 2. A Model for Empire: The Councils of 813 and the Institutio Canonicorum 61 The Road to 813 63 Teaching the Empire 72 ‘An Effort, not an Honour’: Bishops and Their Responsibilities 93 Church Fathers in Aachen 98 Correcting Communities 108 Communicating Correctio 113 Channelling Authority 119 3. Monks on the Via Regia: The World of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel 125 A Life in Context 127 Directions for a King: The Via Regia 133 Explaining a Way: The Expositio in Regulam Sancti Benedicti 142 A Crowning Achievement: The Diadema Monachorum 149 The Lives of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel 163 4. Caesar et abba simul: Monastic Reforms between Aachen and Aniane 171 The Emperor and the Monks 176 On the Outside Looking In 187 ‘Armed with the Javelins of Debate’: Benedict of Aniane Goes to Court 200 The Death of an Abbot 210 Epilogue 217 Imperial Responsibilities and the Discourse of Reforms 217 Bibliography 229 Manuscripts Cited 229 Primary Sources 229 Secondary Sources 236 Index 277 Acknowledgements 13 A Note on Translations, Sources and Names 17 Prologue 19 Great Expectations 1. Framing the Carolingian Reforms: The Early Years of Louis the Pious 31 Building an Empire 37 Communities and Discourse Communities 43 Between Cloister and Court 49 2. A Model for Empire: The Councils of 813 and the 'Institutio Canonicorum' 59 The Road to 813 61 Teaching the Empire 70 'An Effort, not an Honour': Bishops and Their Responsibilities 91 Church Fathers in Aachen 96 Correcting Communities 106 Communicating 'Correctio' 111 Channelling Authority 117 3. Monks on the 'Via Regia': The World of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel 123 A Life in Context 125 Directions for a King: The 'Via Regia' 131 Explaining a Way: The 'Expositio in Regulam Sancti Benedicti' 140 A Crowning Achievement: The 'Diadema Monachorum' 147 The Lives of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel 161 4. 'Caesar et abba simul': Monastic Reforms between Aachen and Aniane 169 The Emperor and the Monks 174 On the Outside Looking In 185 'Armed with the Javelins of Debate': Benedict of Aniane Goes to Court 198 The Death of an Abbot 208 Epilogue 215 Imperial Responsibilities and the Discourse of Reforms Bibliography 227 Manuscripts Cited 227 Primary Sources 227 Secondary Sources 234 Index 275 By the early ninth century, the responsibility for a series of social, religious and political reforms had become an integral part of running the Carolingian empire. This became especially clear when, in 813/4, Louis the Pious and his court seized the momentum generated by their predecessors and broadened the scope of this correctio ever further. These reformers knew they constituted a movement greater than the sum of its parts; the interdependence of imperial authority and ecclesiastical reformers was driven by comprehensive, yet surprisingly diverse expectations.00Taking this diversity as a starting point, this book takes a fresh look at these optimistic decades. Extrapolating from a series of detailed case studies rather than presenting a grand narrative, it offers new interpretations of contemporary theories of correctio, and shows the self-awareness of its main instigators as they pondered what it meant to be a good Christian in a good Christian empire