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- Title
Louis the Pious and the contours of empire.
- Authors
Conant, Jonathan P.
- Abstract
When the southern Iberian city of Mérida revolted against Umayyad control, the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious (814-40) sought to gain recognition there of his own political authority, probably in early 830. Motivated by a desire to project Frankish power after Umayyad intervention in Catalonia, the move was also in keeping with larger patterns of Carolingian expansion in the Iberian frontier zone. The incident is further revealing of Louis the Pious's wider imperial ambitions in the 820s, which early medieval conceptions of space allowed to be expressed over surprisingly long distances, well beyond the frontiers of the Frankish kingdoms.
- Subjects
CATALONIA (Spain); UMAYYAD dynasty; HISTORY of imperialism; FRANKS; GRAVEL, Martin
- Publication
Early Medieval Europe, 2014, Vol 22, Issue 3, p336
- ISSN
0963-9462
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/emed.12064