Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	1205
Title	Texts and Identities, IX: Government, Mobility, and Communication in the Carolingian Empire under Louis the Pious (814-840), ii
Date/Time	Wednesday 14 July 2010: 14.15-15.45
Sponsor	Hludowicus Project: www.hludowicus.eu, Agence nationale de la Recherche / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / Institut für Mittelalterforschung der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Organiser	Philippe Depreux, Historisches Seminar / Exzellenzcluster 'Understanding Written Artefacts', Universität Hamburg
	Maximilian Diesenberger, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
	Stefan Esders, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin
	Steffen Patzold, Seminar für mittelalterliche Geschichte, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Moderator/Chair	Stuart Airlie, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow
Paper 1205-a	Aachen, Walahfrid Strabo, and the Crisis of the Carolingian Empire (Language: English) Steffen Patzold, Seminar für mittelalterliche Geschichte, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Index Terms: Language and Literature - Latin; Political Thought
Paper 1205-b	Louis the Pious on the Road (Language: English) Jens Schneider, Laboratoire 'Analyse Comparée des Pouvoirs', Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Geography and Settlement Studies; Political Thought
Paper 1205-c	Hludovicus venator (Language: English) Eric J. Goldberg, Department of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Index Terms: Historiography - Medieval; Language and Literature - Latin; Political Thought
Abstract	The second half of the reign of Louis the Pious is usually considered a time of decline, in which the Frankish empire started to dissolve amid internal rebellions and external pressure. However, the manifold challenges of that prolonged crisis also served as points of departure for new ideas and concepts for dealing with the current dangers. Rethinking the obligations of kingship, ecclesiastical office, and the lay aristocracy, the period in question can also be pictured as a time of transformation, in which new ways of doing things were settled. Steffen Patzold takes a fresh look at Walahfrid's poetic consideration of the time of Charlemagne. Jens Schneider concentrates on the whereabouts of Louis the Pious as far as their reconstruction is possible from his diplomata while Eric Goldberg analyses the emperor's use of the hunting tradition as a statesman's instrument.