Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century

This is a major study of the collapse of the pan-European Carolingian empire and the reign of its last ruler, Charles III ''the Fat'' (876–888). The later decades of the empire are conventionally seen as a dismal period of decline and fall, scarred by internal feuding, unfettered aristocratic ambition and Viking onslaught. This book offers an alternative interpretation, arguing that previous gener...