Theodulf of Orléans: Charlemagne's Spokesman against the Second Council of Nicaea
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Theodulf of Orléans: Charlemagne's Spokesman against the Second Council of Nicaea
About this book
Who composed in Charlemagne's name the impressive treatise that repudiates the Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (but which, in the end, the king prevented for religio-political reasons from circulating in his own day)? This series of essays explores in turn the liturgical background, the Latinity, attitudes towards images and the historical circumstances of the time, including relations between Charlemagne, the pope and Byzantium. Ann Freeman presents solid evidence for identifying Charlemagne's spokesman as Theodulf, a Visigoth and refugee from the Moorish invasions of Spain, and reveals the impressive extent of the learning he brought with him - which lead eventually to his appointment as Bishop of Orléans. The final and most up-to-date summary of the findings concerning Theodulf's authorship was presented in German in the introduction to her new edition of the Opus Caroli regis contra synodum (formerly known as the Libri Carolini); the original English version of this is now published here.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Preliminary Note to I
- I Opus Caroli regis contra synodum: An Introduction (With Paul Meyvaert) Original English version of the 'Einleitung' to Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Leges: 4, Concilia: Tomus II, Supplementum I Opus Caroli regis contra synodum (Libri Carolini) [Theodulf von Orleans], ed. Ann Freeman, with Paul Meyvaert. Hannover: Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 1998, pp. 1-84
- II Theodulf of Orléans and the Libri Carolini Speculum 32. Cambridge, MA, 1957
- III Carolingian Orthodoxy and the Fate of the Libri Carolini Viator 16. Berkeley, CA, 1985
- IV Additions and Corrections to the Libri Carolini: Links with Alcuin and the Adoptionist Controversy Scire litteras. Forschungen zum mittelalterlichen Geistesleben, ed. Sigrid Krämer & Michael Bernhard. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, phil.- Hist. Klasse, Abhandlungen, N.F. 99. Munich, 1988, pp. 159-169
- V Further Studies in the Libri Carolini III: The Marginal Notes in Vaticanus Latinus 7207 Speculum 46. Cambridge, MA, 1971
- VI Theodulf of Orléans and the Psalm Citations of the 'Libri Carolini' Revue Bénédictine 97. Maredsous, 1987
- VII Scripture and Images in the Libri Carolini Testo e immagine nell'alto medioevo. Settimane di studio del Centro italiano di studi sull'alto medioevo 41. Spoleto, 1994
- VIII Theodulf of Orléans: A Visigoth at Charlemagne's Court L'Europe héritière de l'Espagne wisigothique. Colloque internationale du C.N.R.S. tenu à La Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris, 1990
- Index