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| Preface to the second edition | |
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| Introduction to the first edition | |
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| The time of Pepin the Short (741-768) | |
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| A list of superstitions and pagan practices | |
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| The correspondence of Boniface, missionary and martyr | |
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| The elevation of Pepin the Short | |
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| The reanointing of Pepin in 754 | |
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| The donation of Constantine | |
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| The time of Charlemagne (768-814) | |
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| Pope Stephen scolds Charlemagne and Carloman | |
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| Einhard's Life of Charlemagne | |
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| Pepin's victory over the Avars | |
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| Epitaphs and eulogies | |
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| The equestrian statue of Theoderic | |
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| The Lateran palace of Pope Leo III | |
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| Charlemagne and Pope Leo | |
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| Capitularies | |
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| An exhortation to the faithful | |
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| The iconodule controversy in Francia | |
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| Theodulf's mosaic of the Ark | |
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| Theodulf and the antique vase | |
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| Six short poems by Theodulf | |
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| Theodulf of Orleans : precepts for the priests of his diocese | |
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| Letters of Alcuin | |
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| Five poems of Alcuin | |
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| Alcuin's dialogue with young Prince Pepin | |
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| Charlemagne's division of his kingdoms | |
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| The diet of Aachen in 813 | |
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| The time of Louis the Pious (814-840) | |
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| Lament on Charlemagne's death | |
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| Thegan's Life of Louis | |
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| Benedict of Aniane : his life and times | |
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| The Ordinatio Imperii of 817 | |
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| The vision of the poor woman of Laon | |
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| Louis's public penance in 822 | |
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| The polyptyque of St-Germain-des-Pres | |
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| The polyptyque of the Church of Marseilles | |
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| Agobard of Lyons and the popular belief in weather magic | |
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| Of bread and provisions in the statutes of Adalhard of Corbie | |
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| A royal judgment of Pepin in 828 | |
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| Claudius of Turin's complaint | |
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| The Penitential of Halitgar | |
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| Saint-Riquier (Centula) : its precious goods | |
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| The Emperor Louis's palace at Ingelheim | |
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| Freculf dedicates his book to Empress Judith | |
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| The astronomer's account of the rebellions | |
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| Paschasius Radbertus's defense of Wala | |
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| Rudolf of Fulda's The life of Saint Leoba | |
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| The final days and death of Louis the Pious | |
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| The time of the civil war (840-843) | |
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| Nithard's history | |
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| Engelbert at the Battle of Fontenoy | |
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| The treaty of Verdun, 843 | |
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| Dhuoda's advice to her son | |
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| The time of the three kings and their sons (844-877) | |
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| The annals of Xanten for the years 844 to 862 | |
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| Audradus Modicus and his Book of Revelations | |
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| Gottschalk and the predestination controversy | |
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| Popular and learned beliefs : two specimens | |
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| The epitaphs of Ermengard and Lothar | |
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| Sedulius Scottus's On Christian rulers | |
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| Lothar II's divorce | |
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| The Susanna crystal of King Lothar | |
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| Otfrid of Weissenburg on old High German | |
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| Anskar and his mission to Scandanavia | |
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| Ratramnus and the dog-headed humans | |
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| The vision of Charlemagne | |
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| Letters of Lupus of Ferrieres | |
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| The wandering monks of Saint-Philibert | |
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| The monk Bernard's journey to Jerusalem | |
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| A judicial dispute in the Loire Valley | |
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| A charter of immunity from Charles the Bald | |
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| Saint Remi's protection of people and property | |
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| The coronation of Charles the Bald as King of Lotharingia | |
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| Eriugena's Periphyseon : the beginning and end | |
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| Wulfadus's library | |
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| Wulfadus goes to court | |
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| Charles the Bald grants a benefice | |
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| The capitulary of quierzy, 877 | |
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| The death of Charles the Bald | |
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| The time of Charles the Fat (878-888) | |
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| The annals of Saint-Vaast for the Years 882 to 886 | |
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| The song of Louis : Ludwigslied | |
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| Abbo's account of the siege of Paris by the Northmen | |
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| Hincmar of Rheims's On the governance of the palace | |
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| Notker the Stammerer addresses Charles the Fat | |
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| The Saxon poet's thoughts on Charlemagne | |
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| The vision of Charles the Fat | |
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| Last thoughts | |
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| Index of topics | |
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| Sources | |