دانلود کتاب The Divorce of Lothar II: Christian Marriage and Political Power in the Carolingian World

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Preface vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
I. Preparing the Drama
I.1. Canonical Weapons: The Church’s Regulations on Marriage from the Eighth to the Mid-Ninth Century 11
I.2. A Cause Célèbre: The Divorce Case in the Sources 36
II. A Marital Drama in Six Acts
Act I. Lothar Ascends the Throne and Marries Theutberga, 855-857 51
The Accession: The Political Power of the King and Nobles 52
Lothar\'s Marriage to Theutberga: Marriage as an Alliance between Noble Families 59
Act II. An Unsuccessful Attempt at Divorce, 857-859 63
The First Attempt at Divorce 65
Ermengarde\'s Family: The Marriage Alliance Continued in the Children 69
Act III. A Second Attempt at Divorce and the Involvement of Hincmar of Reims, 859-860 73
The Legal Status of Marriage 77
The Powers of the Bishops 86
Hincmar\'s Rules in Their Political Context 92
Act IV. Lothar\'s Allies and His Marriage to Waldrada, 860-862 100
The Legal Status of Marriage: The Arguments of Lothar\'s Bishops 105
The Powers of the Bishops 128
Lothar\'s Bishops in Their Political Context 130
Alliances and Family Ties 135
Act V. Pope Nicholas Intervenes and Theutberga Is Reinstated, 863-867 149
Pope Nicholas and the Legal Status of Marriage 152
The Powers of the Pope 159
The Success of Nicholas\'s Claims to Power 164
Act VI. A New Pope and Lothar\'s Last Battle, 867-869 175
Pope Adrian\'s Rules for Marriage and His Claims to Power 176
Political Power and the Preservation of Lothar\'s Realm 179
Epilogue. Lothar\'s Reputation and His Descendants 182
Appendix 1. Map of Carolingian Europe in the Ninth Century 189
Appendix 2. Genealogies 193
1. The Carolingians
2. The Bosonids
3. The Descendants of Gerard, Count of Paris, and Beggo
4. The Etichonids
5. The Carolingians and Their Relatives, Present at the Treaty of Coblenz (860)
6. The Welfs
Appendix 3. Reigns of the Carolingian Kings 201
Selected Bibliography 203
Index 223