Hraban Maur as mediator: De honore parentum (autumn 834)

Publication date

2015-05

Authors

de Jong, MISNI 0000000115933282

Editors

Jégou, Laurent
Sylvie Joye
Lienhard, Thomas
Jens Schneider

Advisors

Supervisors

Document Type

Part of book
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taverne

Abstract

Argues that Hraban Maur wrote his treatise 'De honore parentum' in the autumn of 834 in order to move Louis the Pious to forgive his eldest son Lothar in the wake of the rebellion of 833, and explores the author's choice of biblical material used to this end.

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Citation

de Jong, M B 2015, Hraban Maur as mediator : De honore parentum (autumn 834). in L Jégou, S J, T Lienhard & J S (eds), Splendor Reginae: Passions, genre et famille : Mélanges en l'honneur de Régine Le Jan. Haut Moyen Âge, vol. 22, Brepols, Turnhout, pp. 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.HAMA-EB.5.103300