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The Divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberga - Hincmar of Rheims's De Divortio (Paperback)
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The Divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberga - Hincmar of Rheims's De Divortio (Paperback)
Series: Manchester Medieval Sources
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In the mid-ninth century, Francia was rocked by the first royal
divorce scandal of the Middle Ages: the attempt by King Lothar II
of Lotharingia to rid himself of his queen, Theutberga and remarry.
Even 'women in their weaving sheds' were allegedly gossiping about
the lurid accusations made. Kings and bishops from neighbouring
kingdoms, and several popes, were gradually drawn into a crisis
affecting the fate of an entire kingdom. This is the first
professionally published translation of a key source for this
extraordinary episode: Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims's De divortio
Lotharii regis et Theutbergae reginae. This text offers eye-opening
insight both on the political wrangling of the time and on early
medieval attitudes towards magic, penance, gender, the ordeal,
marriage, sodomy, the role of bishops, and kingship.The translation
includes a substantial introduction and annotations, putting the
case into its early medieval context and explaining Hincmar's
sometimes-dubious methods of argument. -- .
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