An Unbeloved Heir? A Reassessment of Louis the Stammerer's Role in the Last Years of Charles the Bald's Reign and its Implications for Understanding Carolingian Rule
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Abstract
The father–son relationship between Charles the Bald and his eldest son Louis the Stammerer is generally understood as one of hostility and distrust. This article takes several episodes from the final decades of Charles the Bald's reign to question this, re-examining how royal Carolingian fathers and royal Carolingian sons could take steps to overcome previous conflicts and arguing that political ties within the royal family were more robust, and consequently of different significance for our understanding of Carolingian politics, than is usually understood.
秃头查理和他的长子路易(Louis the Stammerer)之间的父子关系通常被理解为敌对和不信任。本文从秃头查理统治的最后几十年中的几个事件出发,对这一观点提出质疑,重新审视了卡洛林王室的父亲和儿子是如何采取措施消除之前的冲突的,并认为王室内部的政治关系比通常理解的更加稳固,因此对我们理解卡洛林王朝政治的意义也有所不同。
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Family History is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes scholarly research from an international perspective concerning the family as a historical social form, with contributions from the disciplines of history, gender studies, economics, law, political science, policy studies, demography, anthropology, sociology, liberal arts, and the humanities. Themes including gender, sexuality, race, class, and culture are welcome. Its contents, which will be composed of both monographic and interpretative work (including full-length review essays and thematic fora), will reflect the international scope of research on the history of the family.