1. Annuaire d'études françaises 2014, tome 1: La vie de la cour en France de Charlemagne jusqu'à Louis XIV / Annual of French Studies 2014, volume 1 : The Court Life in France from Charlemagne till Louis XIV (2014)
2. Carolingian Elites and King in the 9th Century: Status and Loyalty

Carolingian Elites and King in the 9th Century: Status and Loyalty

Le Jan Régine

   The article is devoted to the political theories existed in the Carolingian Empire in the 9th century. This paper analyzes the ecclesiastical and secular conceptions of political power and the principles of its functioning. The ecclesiastical one was formed in the circle of the Carolingian bishops and assumed the hierarchical, given by God organization of society, based on the absolute loyalty of elites to the king. The second one existed among the secular aristocracy, it was based on the conception of natural hierarchy and justified the right of elites to disobey to the king-tyrant.

Keywords: medieval history, France, court culture.

Link: Le Jan R. Carolingian Elites and King in the 9th Century: Status and Loyalty // Annuaire d'études françaises 2014, tome 1: La vie de la cour en France de Charlemagne jusqu'à Louis XIV / Annual of French Studies 2014, volume 1 : The Court Life in France from Charlemagne till Louis XIV.М. P. 27-42.