Church property and the Carolingian political order in the last years of Louis the Pious (834-840). Contested property, rebellions, and the ordering of Carolingian society
Boudewijn Frederik Dekker
This dissertation is set within the reign of Louis Pious, emperor Carolingian empire from 814 to 840, and focusses specifically on understudied period 834 after had endure serious rebellions in 830-833. Traditionally, historians have seen subsequent public penance 833 as turning point unity empire, which everything went downhill, lost his authority was destined break apart. Because they given much weight rebellions, scholars often neglected these tumultuous events. Therefore, through contextualization, analysis application a treatise sacrosanctity church property, De rebus ecclesiasticis non invadendis, written 836 by Bishop Jonas Orleans, this tries shed light question whether 830s indeed any impact political discourse stability order. By analyzing mode argument Rebus, it argues for continuity, rather than discontinuity with regard discourse, shows that issues discussed purpose Rebus are direct line those Church synods 820s, before rebellions. Moreover, destination bishops still considered unified realm, instead cracking down events early 830s, traditionally argued.