Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the End of the Carolingian Empire (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780521819459
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; To 987; History; Europe - General; History - General History; Medieval; History: World; Europe; General; Biography & Autobiography : General; History / Europe / General; History / Medieval; Social Science : General; Charles,; le Gros, Emperor,; 839-888; Biography; France; Kings and rulers
First sentence: The dregs of the Carlovingian race no longer exhibited any symptoms of virtue or power, and the ridiculous epithets of the Bald.