The Divorce of Lothar II: Christian Marriage and Political Power in the Carolingian World (Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past)
The Divorce of Lothar II: Christian Marriage and Political Power in the Carolingian World (Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past)
The Divorce of Lothar II illuminates the origin and development of Western notions of marriage and divorce and the separation of church and state in the context of a notorious royal divorce in late Carolingian Europe. In 857, Lothar II, king of Lotharingia, decided to divorce Theutberga--either because she had allegedly engaged in an incestuous liaison with her brother or simply because Lothar had wished to marry his concubine Waldrada. Karl Heidecker's dramatic and engaging narrative untangles
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