The King’s New Clothes: Royal and Episcopal Regalia in the Frankish Empire
Michael Edward Moore
On the eve of Easter in 841, Charles Bald was having a bath. The king and his army had been field for months, struggle with Charles’s older brother Lothar control Carolingian empire. Warfare among sons Louis Pious broken out even before death old emperor previous year. then inherited imperial crown, trying to assert dominance over entire Empire. Charles, part, wanted get hold those portions kingdom that father promised him. As portrayed by historian warrior Nithard, weak vulnerable position. Lost somewhere forests along Seine, pursuit pursued them, it no means clear would manage save himself or gain kingdom.
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