Prologue. Great Expectations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 7
3. Acknowledgements 13
4. A Note on Translations, Sources and Names 17
5. Prologue. Great Expectations 19
6. 1. Framing the Carolingian Reforms : The Early Years of Louis the Pious 31
7. 2. A Model for Empire : The Councils of 813 and the Institutio Canonicorum 59
8. 3. Monks on the Via Regia: The World of Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel 123
9. 4. Caesar et abba simul : Monastic Reforms between Aachen and Aniane 169
10. Epilogue. Imperial Responsibilities and the Discourse of Reforms 215
11. Bibliography 227
12. Index 275