Teudefred and the king. On the manuscript Carcassonne G 6 and the intertwining of localities and centre in the Carolingian world
Christoph Haack|Thomas Köhl
Carcassonne G 6, preserving a judicial oath from 833, is an exceptional source for the history of Spanish March and more generally workings power in Carolingian world. The oath, concerning at first glance very local dispute, links body royal charters with precepts hispani issued by Charlemagne, Louis Pious Charles Bald. This link reveals close entanglement localities centre that structured better part western Europe into political entity. A critical edition, which was not available this text before, provided as appendix.
Early Medieval Europe