A testimony of Carolingian rule? TheCodex epistolaris carolinus, its historical context, and the meaning ofimperium
Dorine van Espelo
In the preface to Carolingian collection of papal letters, known as Codex epistolaris carolinus, word imperium is used in context describing what collection. this article, I shall argue that a reinterpretation preface's statement about refers will shed different light on CC its entirety. What exactly can be debated, yet studying carolinus product time, combination with reappraisal preface, may help understand source's historical and value court. As hope demonstrate, was an essentially purposeful collection, which underlined shared history family papacy Rome.
Early Medieval Europe