Naslov
The Treaty of Aachen 812 and aemulatio imperii on the Southeastern Frontiers of the Carolingian World

Autori
Majnarić, Ivan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
The Treaty of Aachen, AD 812: The Origins and Impact on the Region between the Adriatic, Central, and Southeastern Europe

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 27.09.2012. - 29.09.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
aemulatio imperii; Carolingian world; Treaty of Aachen; the southeastern frontier of the Carolingian Empire

Sažetak
In the last twenty years European medieval historians have produced significant results in the study of the Carolingian period. In doing so, not only were some of the past, often stereotypical, views overcome, but entirely new methodological models with refreshing ideas were also created, thus making an important shift away from the field of political history. The intention of this paper is to address one of these new methodological models which refers to the process of the transformation of gentes into regna and the idea of aemulatio imperii. The idea has been elaborated by Evangelos Chrysos (Regna and Gentes, volume 13 of the series Transformation of the Roman World), who viewed the shaping of early medieval regna as having three phases, each closely connected with the Roman Empire. Although his idea refers to the period of the late Roman Empire, I will explore the possibility of applying its determining characteristics to the position of the “peoples” on the southeastern frontier of the Carolingian Empire, especially after the collapse of the Avar Khaganate during the 790s, and the possible impact the Treaty of Aachen had on the process of aemulatio imperii. The Treaty of Aachen will be considered from two aspects: its importance for Charlemagne, and its cultural/political significance for the areas on the southeastern frontiers of the Carolingian Empire, especially in respect to the Carolingian world. These two aspects will be linked to the prevailing historiographical views about the meaning of the Treaty of Aachen for the Croatian historical regions.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

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