Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the End of the Carolingian Empire by Simon MacLean

Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the End of the Carolingian Empire

Simon MacLean

288 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Analyzing the collapse of the pan-European Carolingian Empire in 888 (as seen through the reign of its last ruler, Charles the Fat), this study argues against the generally pessimistic views of the vitality of late ninth-century politics. Its conc...

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