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Adalbert Of Metz (died 841)
Adalbert (died 13 May 841) was a Frankish nobleman with lands scattered throughout the Carolingian Empire. He was one of the most trusted advisors of Emperor Louis the Pious. By 838, he was the count of Metz. He was strongly opposed to the ambition of the emperor's son, Louis the German, for a large kingdom in East Francia. After the elder Louis's death, he supported Emperor Lothar I and it was in the latter's service that he was killed in battle with Louis the German. Early life Adalbert was a Hattonian. His brothers were Banzleib and Hatto. The family's lands were spread throughout the empire in Le Mans, Metz, Nassau, Toulouse, Alemannia, Saxony and the Wormsgau. Adalbert is first recorded as the seneschal of Louis the Pious on 8 November 816, when he was sent as a ''missus dominicus'' (royal envoy) to hear a complaint from the abbey of Prüm against the alienation of a part of its forest by the serfs of the fisc at Thommen. In 825, he is mentioned with the title of count w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franks
file:Frankish arms.JPG, Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks ( or ; ; ) were originally a group of Germanic peoples who lived near the Rhine river, Rhine-river military border of Germania Inferior, which was the most northerly province of the Roman Empire in continental Europe. These Frankish tribes lived for centuries under varying degrees of Roman hegemony and influence, but after the collapse of Roman institutions in western Europe they took control of a large empire including areas which had been ruled by Rome, and what it meant to be a Frank began to evolve. Once they were deeply established in Gaul, the Franks became a multilingual, Catholic Christian people, who subsequently came to rule over several other post-Roman kingdoms both inside and outside the old empire. In a broader sense much of the population of western Europe could eventually described as Franks in some contexts. The term "Frank" itself first appeared in the third cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seneschal
The word ''seneschal'' () can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context. Most commonly, a seneschal was a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ducal, or noble household during the Middle Ages and early Modern period – historically a steward or majordomo of a medieval great house. In a medieval royal household, a seneschal was in charge of domestic arrangements and the administration of servants, which, in the medieval period particularly, meant the seneschal might oversee hundreds of laborers, servants and their associated responsibilities, and have a great deal of power in the community, at a time when much of the local economy was often based on the wealth and responsibilities of such a household. A second meaning is more specific, and concerns the late medieval and early modern nation of France, wherein the seneschal () was also a royal officer in charge of justice a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Translatio Sanguinis Domini
The ''Translatio sanguinis Domini'' (or ''De pretioso sanguine Domini nostri'', Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, BHL 4152) is a short Latin text that was composed at the Abbey of Reichenau around 925. It records how several relics associated with Jesus, including Blood of Christ, drops of his blood, wound up at Reichenau. It is a largely fictional account.Anne A. Latowsky, ''Emperor of the World: Charlemagne and the Construction of Imperial Authority, 800–1229'' (Cornell University Press, 2013), pp. 60–62. There exists one tenth-century manuscript and three later manuscript copies. In the eleventh century, it was incorporated into the chronicles of Marianus Scotus and Sigebert of Gembloux.Matthew Gabriele, ''An Empire of Memory: The Legend of Charlemagne, the Franks, and Jerusalem Before the First Crusade'' (Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 38–39. According to the ''Translatio'', Azan, the prefect of Jerusalem, having heard about Charlemagnes virtues, miracles and victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
