{"product_id":"codex-epistolaris-carolinus-letters-from-the-popes-to-the-frankish-rulers-739-791-paperback","title":"Codex Epistolaris Carolinus: Letters from the Popes to the Frankish Rulers, 739-791 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRosamond McKitterick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDorine Van Espelo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Matthew Pollard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eCodex epistolaris Carolinus\u003c\/i\u003e 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 (?sterreichische Nationalbibliothek Cod. 449). The headings or \u003ci\u003elemmata \u003c\/i\u003eprovided 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 \u003ci\u003elemmata\u003c\/i\u003e in the \u003ci\u003eCodex epistolaris Carolinus\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003elemmata\u003c\/i\u003e, the peculiarities of the Latin of the papal letters and the biblical citations, and the historical context of the letters themselves. The \u003ci\u003elemmata\u003c\/i\u003e and letter translations are augmented with introductions to each letter and a comprehensive historical commentary and glossary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosamond McKitterick is Professor Emerita of Medieval History, University of Cambridge. Her most recent book is \u003cem\u003eRome and the Invention of the Papacy: The Liber Pontificalis\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge 2020).\u003cbr\u003eDorine van Espelo is Policy Advisor, Province of Gelderland, The Netherlands. She is co-editor of \u003cem\u003eReligious Franks. Religion and Power in the Frankish Kingdoms: Studies in Honour of Mayke de Jong \u003c\/em\u003e(Manchester 2016).\u003cbr\u003eRichard Pollard is Professor in the Department of History, Universite du Quebec Montreal. He is the editor of\u003cem\u003e Imagining the Medieval Afterlife \u003c\/em\u003e(Cambridge 2020).\u003cbr\u003eRichard Price is Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity, Heythrop College and Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London. His many previous publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 553\u003c\/em\u003e (Liverpool 2009), \u003cem\u003eThe Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 \u003c\/em\u003e(with P. Booth \u0026amp; C. Cubitt, Liverpool 2014), \u003cem\u003e The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea\u003c\/em\u003e (Liverpool 2018), \u003cem\u003eThe Council of Ephesus of 431 \u003c\/em\u003e(with T. Graumann, Liverpool 2020) and\u003cem\u003e Canons of the Quinisext \u003c\/em\u003eCouncil (691\/2) (Liverpool 2020)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 546\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751007846688,"sku":"9781802078251","price":116.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/19bc50ed5defca617196c141454b4d08.webp?v=1779962359","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/codex-epistolaris-carolinus-letters-from-the-popes-to-the-frankish-rulers-739-791-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}