Ludwig der Deutsche
Dieter Geuenich has argued that the presentation of a story revolving around the interpretation of Germanic words would have been well received at the court of Louis the German, who sought to "cultivate" the "theodisca lingua" (German language). The "Visio" can be seen as a piece of the propaganda of a consciously developed East Frankish (aristocratic) culture that patronised the Germanic language. Louis the German is presented as the superior of his relatives from elsewhere in Christendom; East Francia is the last refuge of the Church.