Assembling the Austrasian Letters at Trier and Lorsch.

This article is a reconsideration of the Epistulae Austrasicae. We critique the widespread notion that the constituent letters were compiled by a courtier in the late sixth century at Metz as a book of models for use in the Austrasian chancellery. We argue instead that a monk from the monastery of L...

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Published in:	Early Medieval Europe Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 3 - 54
Main Authors:	Barrett, Graham, Woudhuysen, George
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Feb2016
Subjects:	Carolingians Monasteries Franks Trier (Germany) Lorsch (Germany)
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