An Empire of Memory (53 page)

Baudri of Dol
147,
154

Alexander II, pope
47

Bayeux Embroidery
137

Alexander III, pope
54 n. 56

Becker, Alfons
157–
8 n. 110

Alexander, Paul
109

Bede
42 n. 3,
77,
84–
5,
100–
1

Alexandria
42

Beech, George
47,
51 n. 39

Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor
56,

Bella Parisiacae urbis (Abbo of Saint-Germain-

113,
115 n. 65,
151

des-Prés)
23,
132

All Souls, feast of
106

Bender, Karl-Heinz
33

Alphandéry, Paul
123 n. 95,
127 n. 113

Benedict of Aniane
27,
46

Amatus, archbishop of Bordeaux
50

Benedict of Monte Soratte
41–
4

Ambrosius Autpertus
125

background of
43–
4

Amiens, bishops of
59

on Byzantines
56

Andreas of Bergamo
23,
132

and Frankish empire
98–
9

Angilbert, abbot of Saint-Riquier
27,
78

and Holy Land pilgrimage
90 n. 75

Anglo-Normans
106;
see also Normans

and Last Emperor legend
114

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
89

and memory-history dialectic
67,
69

Anglo-Saxons
106,
135

on Ottonians
20 n. 26

194

Index

Benedict of Monte Soratte (cont.)

Charlemagne (historical):

overview of Chronicon
42–
3

canonization of
2,
3,
54

on relics
26

Holy Land contacts
33
–4,
76

Benedict of St Andrew, see Benedict of Monte

life overview
9

Soratte

name of
1 n. 2

Benzo, bishop of Alba
53 n. 46,
112–
15

tomb of
20,
21,
29,
53 n. 46,
120
–1,
133

Berengar, bishop of Elne
90

Charlemagne legend historiography
1–
9;

Bernard, bishop of Bologna
153

see also specific sources

Bernard of Clairvaux
83 n. 39

and authorial intention
69

Bernard the Monk
34,
42 n. 3,
84 n. 47,

interdisciplinarity
2–
4, 4–
5,
7,
8

85 n. 50

map (9th-12th centuries)
14,
160
–3

Bernold of St Blasien
156

marginalization
2–
3

Bertha of Holland
63

and memory-history dialectic
5–
9,
66–
9,

Beumann, Helmut
113 n. 57

147–
8

Biddle, Martin
92 n. 80

source contextualization
4–
6,
36–
7

Bieberstein, Klaus
34 n. 106

source continuity
66
–8

Blanks, David
43 n. 7

source independence
65–
6

Bohemond of Taranto
114 n. 63

and word associations
69–
70

Bologna
80
–1

Charlemagne Window, Chartres Cathedral

Bouchard, Constance Brittain
112 n. 53

55, 55

Boyce, Burke
1

Charlemagne’s journey to the East
41,
90 n. 75;

Brandes, Wolfram
125

see also Benedict of Monte Soratte;

Bremen, bishopric of
24

Descriptio qualiter Karolus Magnus;

Brown, Elizabeth A. R.
61 n. 83

Historia (Charroux)

Bruno of Segni
20

and First Crusade
56
–7,
65,
139–
40

Bull, Marcus
79,
92 n. 79,
140
–1

and Frankish empire
98–
100

Byzantine Empire:

and imperial authority
62–
4,
68

and Charlemagne’s journey to the East
35,

and Last Emperor legend
64 n. 95,
69–
70

39,
42,
43,
56

and memory-history dialectic
66–
9

and First Crusade
56 n. 64,
147 n. 65,
151

miscellaneous texts on
65
–6

and First Crusade precursors
57 n. 66,
144

and relics
45–
6,
51,
52–
3,
54,
57,
62,
83–
4

and Frankish empire
98,
99,
103

and source contextualization
4

and Holy Land pilgrimage
86
–7,
91

source continuity
68–
70

and imperial expansion
33

source independence
65–
6

and Last Emperor legend
107,
109–
10,
126

Charles II “the Bald,” king of West Francia;

and Ottonian legitimacy
21 n. 28

Roman Emperor:

and abbey of Charroux
46,
51

Cabanot, Jean
45 n. 16

and abbey of Saint-Denis
61

Capetians, see also specific rulers

and abbey of Senlis
63 n. 93

and abbey of Saint-Denis
60

and Christ analogies
28 n. 73

and Frankish identity
22,
132,
134,
154

Descriptio qualiter Karolus Magnus on
53,
54,

and idea of Frankish Golden Age
21
–2

62,
64

and Last Emperor legend
116 n. 72

and Einhard
17 n. 11

Carloman, Charlemagne’s uncle
43

and Frankish empire
103

Carolingians, see also specific rulers

and idea of Frankish Golden Age
18

and abbey of Saint-Denis
60

and imperial authority
64

and Frankish empire
101
–3

and Last Emperor legend
112

and Frankish identity
22,
61,
130–
2

and Normans
135

and Holy Land pilgrimage
91

and Saint-Corneille of Compiègne
18,
53,
54,

and idea of Frankish Golden Age
13,

58,
59

15–
19,
68

and Saint-Maur-les-Fossés
63 n. 92

and imperial authority
62–
4

Charles III “the Fat,” Roman Emperor
19,
36,

and Last Emperor legend
122,
123,

37,
103

125–
6

Charles III “the Simple,” king of West Francia

and Philip I
61,
62–
4

63 n. 92

and Saint-Maur-les-Fossés
63 n. 92

Charroux, abbey of, see also Historia (Charroux)

spirituality
76
–7

abbey church
48,
49,
50,
81

Carruthers, Mary
5,
69

foundation legends
30,
45,
46,
47,
50,
51,
60,

Cassiodorus
75

61 n. 81

Index

195

and Frankish identity
61

De ortu et tempore Antichristi (Adso of

history of
46
–8,
50

Montier-en-Der)
110–
11,
112,
119 n. 83,

and Philip I
47,
50,
60–
2,
63

123

Privilegium
27–
8,
29,
30,
44,
50

De otiis imperialibus (Gervase of Tilbury)
51

relics
27
–8,
45
–6,
48 n. 33,
50,
51,
83

Dei gesta per Francos (Guibert of Nogent)
129,

Chartres Cathedral
55, 55

147,
148

Christ analogies:

Descriptio qualiter Karolus Magnus
41,
51–
60

and Charlemagne’s journey to the East

and Charroux Historia
60–
1,
64

50
–1

and Chartres Cathedral Charlemagne

and Frankish empire
99,
105

Window
55, 55

and Last Emperor legend
115
–16,
118

Christ analogies in
115–
16

and relics
28,
51

content overview
52
–3

Christian of Stavelot
34

dating of
57
–60

Chronicon (Ademar of Chabannes),

and First Crusade
140

see Ademar of Chabannes

and Frankish empire
98–
100

Chronicon (Benedict of Monte Soratte),

and imperial authority
62–
4,
68

see Benedict of Monte Soratte

influence of
54
–5

Chronicon (Martin of Troppau)
54

and Jerusalem
83
–4

Chronicon (Moissiac)
27,
118

and Last Emperor legend
114,
115–
16,
127

Chronicon (Novalesa)
26,
29,
120

and memory-history dialectic
67
–8

Chronicon (Saint-Bénigne of Dijon)
31

and Philip I
61,
62
–4,
68

Chronicon (Saint-Maixent of Poitiers)
24

and Saint-Denis Crusading Window
55
–6

Chronicon (Saint-Pierre-le-Vif of Sens)
65

and sanctification of Charlemagne
29

Chronicon (Thietmar of Merseburg)
20,
120,

Douglas, David
138,
139

132–
3

dream visions
15–
16,
17,
29,
53

Clement II, pope
48

du Pouget, Marc
61 n. 83

Cluny, abbey of
81
–2,
106

Dudo of Saint-Quentin
135–
6,
137,
155

Compiègne, see Saint-Corneille of Compiègne

Dunbabin, Jean
63 n. 89

Conrad II, Roman Emperor
21

Dutton, Paul
16,
18,
19,
122

Constantine, legendary Byzantine emperor

52,
64

East Franks
133
–4

Constantine, Roman emperor:

ecclesia
101,
106,
157–
8 n. 110,
159;
see also and Frankish empire
100

populus christianus

and idea of Frankish Golden Age
17,
30

Ehlers, Joachim
22 n. 36

and imperial authority
64

Einhard:

and Jerusalem
74–
5,
77,
78

and Ademar of Chabannes
120

Constantinople
42,
158 n. 110;
see also

and Charlemagne’s journey to the East
42,

Byzantine Empire

43,
56,
69

Continuations of Fredegar
16

and Charlemagne’s power over the Holy

Cothren, Michael W.
61 n. 83

Land
35
–6,
37

Council of Ver (844)
18

and Charlemagne’s magnus appellation
13

Cowdrey, H. E. J.
144 n. 60

n. 1

Crusading Window, Saint-Denis
55
–6,
57

and Frankish empire
103

and idea of Frankish Golden Age
17,
19

Dagobert I, king of the Franks
61

and logic of accumulation
24–
5

Davidic kingship:

and sanctification of Charlemagne
29 n. 77

and Charlemagne’s Holy Land contacts
34

Ekkehard of Aura
140

and First Crusade
140

Elias, patriarch of Jerusalem
37

and Frankish empire
102

Elsner, Jas
75

and idea of Frankish Golden Age
18,
19

Ember Days
58

and Jerusalem
75,
77

Emperor’s Arrow, The (Boyce)
1

Davis, R. H. C.
137

Erdmann, Carl
142

de Jong, Mayke
17 n. 11,
69,
92 n. 79,
103,
115

eschatology
107;
see also Last Emperor legend

n. 66

and Christ analogies
115
–16

De locis sanctis (Bede)
84
–5