... the Liber Historiae Francorum, one of the few narrative histories of the pre-royal Carolingians that actually predates their becoming royal, and a largish swathe of the Annales Mettenses priores for ... , but I realise that this isn’t much use if you’re not studying the Carolingians. Well, you know, why not start? Posted in Carolingians, Currently reading..., Currently teaching..., France

... attributed to Eudes, Count of Paris during the siege, who was later King from 888 to 893, or his brother Robert, even more briefly King from 922-923, or perhaps to Hugues Capet at the end of the 10th century? The 10th century was indeed a period of transition during which the power of the Carolingians weakened while that of the Robertians (Counts of Paris and ancestors of the Capetians) increased.

... whether the councils had any important influence at whole enchilada. able are no contemporary collections of the earliest conciliar decrees. Many decisions were rent in the acts of later councils. The Carolingians did some efforts towards unification of church life, including canon law. Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims did order the fabrication of falsified canonical collections, which had a eminent ...