The Capitulare de Villis, the Brevium exempla, and the Carolingian court at Aachen
Darryl Campbell
For all the scholarship done on Capitulare de villis and Brevium exempla , much about them remains unclear, no new interpretations have been offered in last few decades. This article reads documents without some of assumptions prevalent previous scholarly interpretations, alongside both written material record, especially archaeological evidence from Charlemagne's properties at Aachen throughout his realm. It argues that were most likely issued shortly after 794, as a result logistical issues introduced when court became resident Aachen.
Early Medieval Europe