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- Title
The importance of the emperor: Lothar I and the Frankish civil war, 840–843.
- Authors
Screen, Elina
- Abstract
Lothar I's perspective on the Frankish civil war has not previously been explored. Close analysis of the distribution and wording of the most significant body of evidence produced by Lothar's circle, his charters, casts new light on the politics of the civil war. The imperial title and questions of legitimate inheritance emerge as factors of crucial importance, which shape not only Lothar's self-presentation in the charters, but also Nithard's influential account of the war, and negative portrayal of Lothar.
- Subjects
CIVIL war; KINGS &; rulers; POLITICAL science; SELF-presentation; FRANKISH law
- Publication
Early Medieval Europe, 2003, Vol 12, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0963-9462
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.0963-9462.2003.00120.x