Roberts, Edward (2016) Hegemony, rebellion and history: Flodoard's Historia Remensis ecclesiae in Ottonian perspective. Journal of Medieval History, 42 (2). pp. 155-176. ISSN 0304-4181. E-ISSN 1873-1279. (doi:10.1080/03044181.2016.1141311) (KAR id:65909)
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Abstract
This article considers the growth of Ottonian hegemony through a close examination of Flodoard's Historia Remensis ecclesiae. Specifically, it scrutinises Flodoard's laconic account of a property dispute between the church of Rheims and Conrad the Red, Otto the Great's powerful duke of Lotharingia. Reading Flodoard's testimony alongside diplomatic evidence and Ottonian narratives, this study argues that the controversy was a factor in Conrad's rebellion against Otto in 953. Both the central role of Rheims' property in an Ottonian political conflict and Flodoard's silence on numerous aspects of the affair reveal that the church was deeply enmeshed in Ottonian politics. The Historia therefore offers an unrecognised angle on the expansion of Ottonian power, while further investigation of its content suggests that this emergent hegemony may indeed have been welcomed by Flodoard and his superiors at Rheims.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1080/03044181.2016.1141311 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Flodoard, Otto I, Conrad the Red, Rheims, historiography, property, hegemony, rebellion |
Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of History |
Depositing User: | Edward Roberts |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2018 13:30 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2022 04:14 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/65909 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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