THE PROVENANCE OF THE DESCRIPTIO QUALITER KAROLUS MAGNUS: REMEMBERING THE CAROLINGIANS IN THE ENTOURAGE OF KING PHILIP I (1060–1108) BEFORE THE FIRST CRUSADE
Matthew Gabriele
The late eleventh-century Descriptio qualiter Karolus Magnus has often been attributed to the abbey of Saint-Denis and thought have grown out experience First Crusade. But this essay argues against both those points. By looking at internal logic text by considering earliest extant manuscript (the ca. 1100 Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine MS 1711), I suggest that narrative is not connected an idea militant Christianity, nor was it initially linked Saint-Denis. Rather, seems likely someone in entourage King Philip (1060–1108) created as part ideological program intended link ruler back Carolingians. Ultimately, perhaps ironically, may played a warm response Pope Urban II's call crusade engendered Capetian heartlands.
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