Fall of a Carolingian Kingdom

Charles West is a professor of medieval history at the University of Edinburgh.

• List of FiguresAbbreviationsKey IndividualsIntroduction1. King Lothar II Grants Winebert an Immunity, November 856 2. A Coin of King Lothar II (Undated)3. The Quierzy Letter, November 8584. The Remiremont Liber Memorialis "Royal Entry," December 8615. The Council of Aachen, 29 April 8626. The Summit at Savonnières, November 8627. Bishop Adventius Writes to Archbishop Theutgaud, Early 8638. King Lothar II Grants a Church to the Convent of St-Pierre in Lyon, 18 May 8639. Bishop Adventius Reforms the Monastery of Gorze, June 86310. Eberhard and Gisela Make a Will, c. 86311. Bishop Adventius Writes to Pope Nicholas, Early 86412. The Bishops of Lotharingia Write to the West Frankish Bishops, c. 86513. King Lothar II Grants Queen Theutberga Lands, 17 January 86614. Pope Nicholas Writes about Waldrada to the Bishops of Gaul, Germany, and Italy, 13 June 86615. Queen Ermentrude’s Coronation, 25 August 86616. Pope Nicholas I Writes to King Charles the Bald, 25 January 86717. Bishop Adventius Organizes Prayers against the Northmen, Summer 86718. The Metz Oath, c. 86819. King Lothar II Writes to Archbishop Ado of Vienne, July 86920. Pope Hadrian II Writes to the Lotharingian Aristocracy, 5 September 86921. The Sacramentary of Metz, 86922. Emperor Louis II Writes to Emperor Basil I of Byzantium, Early 871ConclusionBibliographyIndex