Sin And The Construction Of Carolingian Kingship
Dwight D. Allman
This chapter focuses on political and civic dimensions of the Carolingian renovatio , particularly attempts to work out a conception Christian kingship public moral/spiritual order sustain construction empire. Drawing especially Alcuin York, it explores how thinkers confronting issues governing an expanding territory beset by pagan resistance hostility appropriate employ patristic-era thought, most importantly from Augustine Hippo. The considers ways in which treatments sin build systematizations Gregory Great others, adaptations theoretical theological constructs inherited - that often represent responses hegemonic Greco-Roman traditions concerned with right rule, best life, just polity reveal negotiation pressing realities earlier did not face. Keywords: Hippo; kingship; empire; traditions;
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