Book 2
Michiel de Jong|Justin Lake
The second book runs from the political crisis of winter 828/9 to Wala’s death in August 836, but was written with emphatic hindsight. general drift narrative is backward-looking: if rulers had heeded advice early 830s, empire would not lie ruins 850s. Radbert been abbot Corbie since 843/4. About seven years later he forced retire this illustrious office. ex-abbot added a polemical his funeral oration Wala, which attacked main enemies: Empress Judith (Justina), chamberlain Bernard (Naso) and, lesser extent, Emperor Louis Pious (Justinian). set an imaginary late antique Christian empire, and reflects deeply on lost unity Carolingian polity. It treasure trove terminology, derived classical patristic writing imbued new meaning turbulent mid-ninth century.
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