Kingship and royal government
Janet L. Nelson
This chapter presents Henri Pirenne's view of the economic changes eighth and ninth centuries. There was, as Pirenne thought, a transformation in representation self-presentation kingship. In century, Frankish empire, under Carolingian leadership, expanded to absorb neighbouring peoples. rulers east west competed sending missions convert Slavs central Europe. Byzantium had become an alien power. Latin legal texts that preserved, west, not just style but something substance Roman government began be reread reused by royal counsellors, rekindling ideas restoration renewal. 793 Charlemagne rewarded non-defectors after serious rebellion giving out 'gold silver precious cloths'. The symbolic present, construction past, were ways which kings attempted involve contemporaries shaping future: such they essential elements government.
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