Nithard

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Nithard

Died June 14, 844 A.D. Frankish historian. Grandson of Charlemagne.

Nithard, in his work Historiarum libri IV (History, 4 Volumes), covered events up to 843 A.D. He described the struggle between Louis I the Pious’s sons—Charles II (the Bald), Louis II the German, and Lothair I—in which he himself participated on the side of Charles the Bald. He condemned internecine strife and supported centralization. The work contains unique information on the 841–843 rebellion of the Stellinga, as well as the text of the 842 Strasbourg Oath in the Low Romance and Franconian languages. The text is the earliest extant specimen of these languages.

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In Quellen zur Karolingischen Reichsgeschichte, vol. 1. Berlin, 1955.

References in periodicals archive ?

Authors like Einhard, Nithard, Thegan, Astronomer, who showed the most of personal commentary on the history of the Frankish kingdom, sought to convey their vision of the contemporary Frankish events by means of historical treatises (MCKITTERICK 2004, p.

Carolingian History and the Historians' Metanarrative

To this he adds an analysis of the rivalries that existed between Louis the Pious (778-840), Lothar I (795-855), and Charles "the Bald" (823-877), as in De institutione laicali found in Nithard's History.

The Formation of Christian Europe: The Carolingians, Baptism, and the Imperium Christianum

This was obviously true for Einhard (discussed by David Ganz), but equally so for Nithard (discussed by Stuart Airlie) and even Dhuoda (discussed by Janet Nelson), who expected her son to show her handbook to others.

Lay Intellectuals in the Carolingian World

Ninth-century Carolingians were acquainted with the rituals of knighthood ("Ninth-Century Knighthood: The Evidence of Nithard"), used rituals in settling disputes ("Dispute Settlement in Carolingian West Francia"), and developed new rituals of king-making ("The Lord's Anointed and the People's Choice: Carolingian Royal Ritual").

The Frankish World: 750-900

Nelson, `Public Histories and Private History in the Work of Nithard', in her Politics and Ritual in Early Medieval Europe (Woodbridge, 1986), esp.

Memory, orality and literacy in an early medieval society

The articles in fact range more widely than this suggests: literacy in government; dispute settlement; ecclesiastical wealth and poverty; the Coulaines capitulary; Frankish historiography; Louis the Pious' last years; Charles the Bald and sovereignty; royal ritual; imperial models for the Franks; Nithard and knighthood; women at Charlemagne's court; early medieval women historians; end `women and the word' (where `word' has both its Christian and its usual sense).

The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity AD 200-1000

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