A Post-Carolingian Voice of Dissent: The Historia Francorum Senonensis
Fraser McNair
The Historia Francorum Senonensis, a short history of the West Frankish kingdom written at beginning eleventh century, was very influential text on later medieval historians, but its contemporary resonance remains mysterious. This article places in context late ninth-, tenth- and early eleventh-century archdiocese Sens, examining narrative strategies political context. Although previous historians have argued that should be placed into binary power struggles, whether between Carolingian Capetian dynasties for throne or archbishops Rheims Sens primacy Gaul, close reading reveals profound ambivalence towards lay as whole, illustrating one diverse strands post-Carolingian thought.
The Journal of medieval Latin