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Memorable crises: Carolingian historiography and the making of Pippin’s reign, 750900
Goosmann, F.C.W.
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Goosmann, F. C. W. (2013). Memorable crises: Carolingian historiography and the making of Pippin’s reign,
750-900
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1.
1.1.
1.2.
1.3.
1.4.
1.5.
1.6.
2.
2.1.
2.1.1.
2.1.2.
2.1.3.
2.2.
2.2.1.
2.2.2.
2.2.3.
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vii
x
1
‘Hinc Pippine Micas’
Pippin and His Sources
17
Down the Rabbit Hole
The Continuations and the ARF
43
Letters
Royal diplomas
Capitularies
Baddilo’s pen and the return of Clovis
Annals and chronicles
Carolingian historiography in context
The Continuations to the Chronicle of Fredegar
The composition of the Chronicle of Fredegar
The composition of the Continuations
Pippin, the son of Charles Martel
The Annales regni Francorum
Recensions
Composition
Function
20
22
26
29
33
38
45
47
49
54
56
58
65
69
2.2.4.
2.3.
2.3.1.
2.3.2.
2.3.3.
2.4.
3.
3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
3.4.
3.5.
3.5.1.
3.5.2.
3.5.3.
3.6.
4.
4.1.
4.1.1.
4.1.2.
4.1.3.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.
5.
5.1.
5.1.1.
5.1.2.
5.2.
5.2.1.
Pippin, the father of Charlemagne
Historiographical compendia
Example 1: Rome, BAV Reg. lat. 213
Example 2: Paris, BnF lat. 10911
Example 3: Vienna, ÖNB lat. 473
Conclusion
Between History and Memory
The Succession Crisis of 741
Ostpolitik
The hybrid prince
A dispossessed heir
Enfant terrible
The many divisiones regni of Charles Martel
First to the scene: the Continuations and the ARF
Bringing narratives together: the Annales Mettenses priores
A new perspective: the Revised ARF
Conclusion
73
77
81
83
85
88
91
94
97
101
103
106
107
110
116
120
Politics and Penance
The Abdication and Conversion of Carloman (747)
125
‘Quod dignitatis regiae ac potestatis non fungor’
The Carolingian Coup of 751
159
Penance
‘Quod voluisset seculum relinquere’
Motive
Public penance
Monastic vows
A memorable example
Conclusion
The formation of a narrative
Rewriting history: Childebrand’s Continuations
The consolidation of the past: the ARF
A rhetoric of strength
The Annales Mettenses priores
127
127
132
136
142
151
156
163
163
168
174
176
v
5.2.2.
5.2.3.
5.2.4.
5.3.
5.3.1.
5.3.2.
5.4.
vi
The Chronicle of Lorsch
Einhard’s Vita Karoli
The Breviary of Erchanbert
Hilduin’s workshop
The Clausula de unctione Pippini
Hilduin’s Gesta Stephani
Conclusion
183
186
189
195
196
198
201
Conclusion
205
Appendix One: The Continuations and the ARF
Appendix Two: The Annals of Massay: date of composition
Appendix Three: The composition of Erchanbert’s Breviary
Bibliography
Summary
Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch)
215
218
222
226
254
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