1. Der Aufstieg der Karolinger und die Expansion des Frankenreiches

Schieffer, Rudolf

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“…93 After the Carolingians had eliminated most of the duces of the former Merovingian kingdom as foci for political opposition and integration, Waifar and Tassilo were the last remaining dukes in the Carolingian kingdoms. 94 Waifar died in 768, when, parallel to reintegration into the Frankish kingdom, we find King Pippin stating in a capitulary that in Aquitaine, "all men (homines), Romans as well as Salians, should have their own laws (eorum leges habeant). If somebody moves in (advenerit) from another province he should live according to the law of his birthplace (secundum legem ipsius patriae). "…”

Section: The Politicization Of Identities Under the Early Carolingian...mentioning

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Diversity and Convergence

Esders¹,

Reimitz²

2021

Empires and Communities in the Post-Roman and Islamic World, C. 400-1000 CE

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This chapter is based on the paradox that whereas the Carolingians used an imagined Frankish identity upon which to build their empire, the very expedient of highlighting this ethnic identity catalyzed the fragmentation of the empire as a whole. As the core was strengthened, more peripheral communities used those same mechanisms to find a voice of their own. During the rise of the Carolingian Empire, the new ruling dynasty dealt with the reality of Frankish and other identities within their realm by reinforcing a legal pluralism that had grown out of the Roman Empire and that had been further developed under their Merovingian predecessors. In this process, acts of legislation came to be much less legitimated by central authority or office. They were agreements between rulers and groups through which authority was acknowledged in exchange for the confirmation or grants of rights and privileges. The resulting interdependence of claims to ethnic identity and legal status, however, intensified in the context of the Carolingian rise to power. But the increasing politicization of ethnic traditions and communities, their legal rights and claims, also worked against the political integration of Carolingian rule. Regional elites emphasized their own customs and rights vis-à-vis the new Frankish kings. The imperial framework allowed for accommodation of all these different claims along with the variety of Frankish ones in a Christian-imperial framework.

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Section: The Politicization Of Identities Under the Early Carolingian...mentioning

confidence: 99%