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The Codex epistolaris Carolinus preserves ninety-nine letters,
dated between 739 and 791 and sent by the popes to the Frankish
king Charlemagne and his predecessors. The compilation was
commissioned by Charlemagne in 791, but the sole surviving medieval
manuscript of the letters was made at Cologne in the later ninth
century and is now in Vienna (OEsterreichische Nationalbibliothek
Cod. 449). The headings or lemmata provided for each letter by the
Frankish compilers in 791 and faithfully preserved in the codex,
add a distinctive Frankish commentary on events in Rome and Italy
in the second half of the eighth century. This book not only
provides the first full English translation of the letters and
lemmata in the Codex epistolaris Carolinus but also re-creates the
original Carolingian order of presentation of the letters according
to the manuscript. A substantial introduction discusses the
historical significance of the collection, the compilation and
contexts of the Vienna manuscript, especially the significance of
the lemmata, the peculiarities of the Latin of the papal letters
and the biblical citations, and the historical context of the
letters themselves. The lemmata and letter translations are
augmented with introductions to each letter and a comprehensive
historical commentary and glossary.
The Codex epistolaris Carolinus preserves ninety-nine letters,
dated between 739 and 791 and sent by the popes to the Frankish
king Charlemagne and his predecessors. The compilation was
commissioned by Charlemagne in 791, but the sole surviving medieval
manuscript of the letters was made at Cologne in the later ninth
century and is now in Vienna (OEsterreichische Nationalbibliothek
Cod. 449). The headings or lemmata provided for each letter by the
Frankish compilers in 791 and faithfully preserved in the codex,
add a distinctive Frankish commentary on events in Rome and Italy
in the second half of the eighth century. This book not only
provides the first full English translation of the letters and
lemmata in the Codex epistolaris Carolinus but also re-creates the
original Carolingian order of presentation of the letters according
to the manuscript. A substantial introduction discusses the
historical significance of the collection, the compilation and
contexts of the Vienna manuscript, especially the significance of
the lemmata, the peculiarities of the Latin of the papal letters
and the biblical citations, and the historical context of the
letters themselves. The lemmata and letter translations are
augmented with introductions to each letter and a comprehensive
historical commentary and glossary.
Where do we go after we die? This book traces how the European
Middle Ages offered distinctive answers to this universal question,
evolving from Antiquity through to the sixteenth century, to
reflect a variety of problems and developments. Focussing on texts
describing visions of the afterlife, alongside art and theology,
this volume explores heaven, hell, and purgatory as they were
imagined across Europe, as well as by noted authors including
Gregory the Great and Dante. A cross-disciplinary team of
contributors including historians, literary scholars, classicists,
art historians and theologians offer not only a fascinating sketch
of both medieval perceptions and the wide scholarship on this
question: they also provide a much-needed new perspective. Where
the twelfth century was once the 'high point' of the medieval
afterlife, the essays here show that the afterlives of the early
and later Middle Ages were far more important and imaginative than
we once thought.
Where do we go after we die? This book traces how the European
Middle Ages offered distinctive answers to this universal question,
evolving from Antiquity through to the sixteenth century, to
reflect a variety of problems and developments. Focussing on texts
describing visions of the afterlife, alongside art and theology,
this volume explores heaven, hell, and purgatory as they were
imagined across Europe, as well as by noted authors including
Gregory the Great and Dante. A cross-disciplinary team of
contributors including historians, literary scholars, classicists,
art historians and theologians offer not only a fascinating sketch
of both medieval perceptions and the wide scholarship on this
question: they also provide a much-needed new perspective. Where
the twelfth century was once the 'high point' of the medieval
afterlife, the essays here show that the afterlives of the early
and later Middle Ages were far more important and imaginative than
we once thought.
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