Die Stimmen der Eroberten bei Ermoldus Nigellus
Anne Foerster
The voices of the people who were conquered by Carolingians are usually silent. We lacking contemporary sources to tell us how Saxons, Bretons, and even Langobards felt when they faced threat military invasion foreign rule, judged their position rights opponent seize authority over them. Bearing in mind fluidity attributions such as conquerors conquered, this paper suggests looking for answers within abundance Frankish source material, since mighty Franks experienced setbacks losses therefore able imagine themselves place adversaries. Using panegyric poem written Ermoldus Nigellus Louis Pious, shows what ideas had about being purpose author evoked these notions.
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