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Earlier medieval history

Earlier medieval history

A public site for research on earlier medieval history

Category: Translation

Ploughman

The Carolingian Working Time Directive

How much did kings care about ordinary people in the early Middle Ages? How far did they see it as the king’s role to intervene in their lives? The text translated below is a fascinating glimpse into one answer to that question. Known as the Capitulary of Le Mans (Capitulare in pago cenomannico datum), it […]

8 January 2025 0

The Rižana Dispute of 804: an English translation

Around 804, a dispute broke out in Istria, in what is now Slovenia. This region north of the Adriatic sea had traditionally been under Byzantine control; around 788, however, it was conquered by Charlemagne, king and later emperor of the Franks. The Frankish agents that Charlemagne appointed in Istria, especially Duke John, introduced new practices […]

6 June 2024 0

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