Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Comments and Bibliographical Updates; Abbreviations; 1. The Rise of the Carolingians; I The Frankish aristocracy as supporters and opponents of Boniface; II Towards a Carolingian aristocracy; III Narratives of triumph and rituals of submission: Charlemagneâ#x80;#x99;s mastering of Bavaria; IV Charlemagne and the aristocracy: captains and kings; 2. Carolingian Authority; V The aristocracy in the service of the state in the Carolingian period
XII â#x80;#x98;Sad stories of the death of kingsâ#x80;#x99;: narrative patterns and structures of authority in Regino of PrÃơmâ#x80;#x99;s ChronicleXIII The anxiety of sanctity: St Gerald of Aurillac and his Maker; Index