Description

The century, which in historiography is called either the «Century of the Italian national kings», «… of the independent kingship» or «… of the kings of Pavia», brought important innovations: regarding the social structure of the elites, forms of lordship, and culture.

Three phases emerge: until 888 the preservation of an increasingly diminishing kingdom within the Carolingian universe, from 888 to 926 the game of the mighty, and from 926 to 962/968 the gradual reorientation towards the north, which took place at the expense of the personal experiences of a king who could be described as a «transitional ruler» – Hugh of Provence.

The political history of that period has not been presented for a long time; therefore the aim of the present work is to travel through that century again. It relies essentially on the charters issued by the rulers, whose contextualization is aimed to facilitate the understanding of that period of history.

Table des Matières / Content:

I. Le royaume d’Italie sous Louis II (840–875): point d’équilibre et dérives
II. De la mort de Louis II à la mort de Charles le Gros, 875–888
III. De la bataille de la Trébie à la Renovatio regni Francorum, 888–898
IV. Le moment de Bérenger, 899–924 (926)
V. L’Italie à l’heure provençale, 926–950
VI. De Bérenger II à Otton Ier, 950–962 (968)
VII. Évolutions
VII.1 La souveraineté royale et impériale : acteurs, rites et lieux
VII.2 Accès au prince et réalités régionales
VII.3 Ressources matérielles et forces humaines

2022, 376 pages, hardcover, cloth-bound, 11 ill., 8 tables, 5 maps, Indices, 24 x 32 cm
ISBN: 978-3-938533-80-2