Chapter Representations of Lothar I in the Liber pontificalis Ravennatis

Lothar looms large in the Liber pontificalis of Ravenna, an episcopal gesta composed after 846 by a local cleric of that city named Agnellus. In its prefatory verse, Lothar was tied to the memory of his grandfather Charlemagne, and afterwards was presented as an ally of the city and its church, a re...

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description Lothar looms large in the Liber pontificalis of Ravenna, an episcopal gesta composed after 846 by a local cleric of that city named Agnellus. In its prefatory verse, Lothar was tied to the memory of his grandfather Charlemagne, and afterwards was presented as an ally of the city and its church, a relationship sealed by the service of the bishop George (837-846) as godfather to Lothar’s daughter Rotruda. Furthermore, upon the death of Louis the Pious, as part of an embassy attempting to resolve the conflicts between Lothar and his brothers, George sought to affirm Ravenna privileges on the eve of the battle of Fontenoy, an event described quite differently from other sources. Completed following these struggles, the Liber pontificalis of Ravenna used this image of Lothar to further claims of the special status of the city, especially in its independence from Rome and longstanding imperial connections, and actively sought to legitimize Lothar’s own position through a juxtaposition with Charlemagne. Although preserved in the accounts of the bishops of Ravenna, the singular efforts to elevate and memorialize Lothar differ from other contemporary institutional chronicles, and underscore the tension inherent in the narrative.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-955252025-08-13T13:42:13Z Chapter Representations of Lothar I in the Liber pontificalis Ravennatis Schoolman, Edward Middle Ages 9th century Italy Ravenna Lothar I Agnellus of Ravenna Liber pontificalis Ravennatis civic memory thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History Lothar looms large in the Liber pontificalis of Ravenna, an episcopal gesta composed after 846 by a local cleric of that city named Agnellus. In its prefatory verse, Lothar was tied to the memory of his grandfather Charlemagne, and afterwards was presented as an ally of the city and its church, a relationship sealed by the service of the bishop George (837-846) as godfather to Lothar’s daughter Rotruda. Furthermore, upon the death of Louis the Pious, as part of an embassy attempting to resolve the conflicts between Lothar and his brothers, George sought to affirm Ravenna privileges on the eve of the battle of Fontenoy, an event described quite differently from other sources. Completed following these struggles, the Liber pontificalis of Ravenna used this image of Lothar to further claims of the special status of the city, especially in its independence from Rome and longstanding imperial connections, and actively sought to legitimize Lothar’s own position through a juxtaposition with Charlemagne. Although preserved in the accounts of the bishops of Ravenna, the singular efforts to elevate and memorialize Lothar differ from other contemporary institutional chronicles, and underscore the tension inherent in the narrative. 2022-12-23T04:01:34Z 2022-12-23T04:01:34Z 2022-12-22T16:06:31Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20221222_9788855186230_46 2704-6079 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60384 9788855186230 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/95525 eng Reti Medievali E-Book open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60384/1/10_36253_978-88-5518-623-0_07.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60384/1/10_36253_978-88-5518-623-0_07.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-623-0.07 10.36253/978-88-5518-623-0.07 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788855186230 19 Florence open access
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Liber pontificalis Ravennatis
civic memory
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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Schoolman, Edward
Chapter Representations of Lothar I in the Liber pontificalis Ravennatis
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topic Middle Ages
9th century
Italy
Ravenna
Lothar I
Agnellus of Ravenna
Liber pontificalis Ravennatis
civic memory
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