The <scp>P</scp>oeta <scp>S</scp>axo at <scp>P</scp>aderborn: episcopal authority and <scp>C</scp>arolingian rule in late ninth‐century Saxony
Ingrid Rembold
This paper argues that the P oeta S axo's epic poem about Charlemagne was composed at bishopric of aderborn as part a wider literary programme included both Translatio sancti Liborii and Vita . Near close ninth century, when aderborn's renown resources were their lowest ebb, these three works articulated an image episcopal authority, touted pre‐eminence aderborn, made bid for royal patronage.
Early Medieval Europe