After Soissons: The Last Years of Charles the Simple (923-929)
Fraser McNair
In August 923, Charles the Simple was imprisoned by Count Heribert II of Vermandois, spending rest his life in prison. The six years between imprisonment and death, however, have never been focus a sustained study: usually disappears into jail cell out history. This article uses difficult source material for West Frankish history early mid-920s to examine resilience Carolingian kingship,. To retain their position, this argues, regimes seeking replace had navigate confusing political environment which there were no ready-made paths consensus about what do with an king.
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