LEADER 02586nam 2200373 450 001 9910476939003321 005 20230517190608.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000566869 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000566869 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000566869 100 $a20230517d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRoyal Power in the Late Carolingian Age $eCharles III the Simple and his predecessors /$fHorst Lo?ßlein 210 1$aKo?ln :$cModern Academic Publishing,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 404 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a3-946198-50-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThe prevalent image of the late Carolingian age is one of decline and fall. Charles III the Simple's (893/898?923) rule, which has hardly received any scholarly attention since the late 19th century, is perceived to have been the classic example of this development. Enthroned by rebels as well as cast down by a rebellion he is said to have been a weak ruler, powerless in the face of the ambitions of the nobles of the West Frankish realm. Yet, what do »weak« and »powerless« mean? In modern scholarship, early medieval rule is understood not as a question of command and obedience but as the result of cooperation between rulers and nobles. Thus, royal actions, such as the defence of the realm against the Northmen, interactions with other rulers or in regard to conflicts with or between the nobles, are reflections of the relations between the ruler and the circle of nobles around him. A ruler's power therefore depended on his ability to integrate the most powerful nobles into his rule, to mediate between their interests and to create consensus over the course of action. Based on this view, a new assessment of Charles the Simple's rule, the circle of nobles around him, the actions taken by him and thus his royal power is provided in this study, with the rules of his predecessors since the death of Charles the Bald in 877 serving as a basis for comparison. 517 $aRoyal Power in the Late Carolingian Age 606 $aCarolingians$xKings and rulers 607 $aFrance$xHistory 615 0$aCarolingians$xKings and rulers. 676 $a944.010924 700 $aLo?ßlein$b Horst$01262125 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476939003321 996 $aRoyal Power in the Late Carolingian Age$92948601 997 $aUNINA