«Fratres, omni die videtis cum vadit istud regnum in perdicionem»: Abbo of Saint-Germain and the Crisis of 888
Charles West
Historians often consider the year 888 to have marked effective end of Carolingian empire established by Charlemagne. This paper explores issue from perspective a contemporary author, monk Abbo Saint-Germain des Pres. is today best known for his poem about Viking sieges Paris, but he later also compiled fascinating and rather overlooked set sermons. Taken together, these texts offer an insight into responses “crisis” that followed deposition death Emperor Charles Fat.
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