Plunder and Booty in Carolingian Representations of Power
Rodolphe Keller
The conquest of the Avar booty in 795/796 is a striking example multiplicity practices related to predation. Carolingian historiography shows real political effort publicize greatness threasure. Its distribution takes place as ritual permitting reinforcement links between king and magnates, which benefit this wealth, among other actors, like churches or pope. symbolic role also has an impact on aristocratic conducts. By sending parts spoils king, trophees, magnates publicly demonstrate their military virtue. As such, those are part competitive strategies contribute continual reshaping social hierarchies.
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