Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Divorce of King Lothar and Queen TheutbergaCondition: NewEAN: 9780719082955ISBN: 9780719082955Publisher: Manchester University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 06/20/2016Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 138mmContributor: Charles West (Edited and translated by), Rachel Stone (Edited and translated by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: Hincmar of Rheims's De DivortioISBN-10: 0719082951Description: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryBook Series: Manchester Medieval SourcesItem Width: 22mmAuthor: Charles WestItem Weight: 585gRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberga
Title: The Divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberga
EAN: 9780719082955
ISBN: 9780719082955
Release Date: 06/20/2016
Release Year: 2016
Contributor: Rachel Stone (Edited and translated by)
Subtitle: Hincmar of Rheims's De Divortio
ISBN-10: 0719082951
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Manchester Medieval Sources
Book Title: Divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberga : Hincmar of Rheims's De Divortio
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: Medieval, Divorce & Separation, Europe / France, Europe / Medieval
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Family & Relationships, History
Item Weight: 20.7 Oz
Author: Charles West
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.4 in
Book Series: Manchester Medieval Sources Ser.
Format: Hardcover
