Public power crisis in Regino of Prüm and Rodulfus Glaber (IX-XI centuries)

Author(s)

Bruna Giovana Bengozi

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2016-07-12

Examining board members

Marcelo Candido da Silva; Maria Filomena Pinto da Costa Coelho; André Luis Pereira Miatello; Verônica da Costa Silveira

• Advisor: Marcelo Candido da Silva; Neri de Barros Almeida

Abstract

Historiography had used crisis as one of the main to explain the events happened in Europe from 980 to 1060, period called Year 1000. According to those historians, after the end of the Carolingian Empire, the crisis would have been installed in Europe. Among several transformations, it would have led to the privatization of public power and to dominion of \"landlords\", those who exercised his power from the collection of taxes, services and violence, elements that formed the paradigm of \"feudal mutation\". The purpose of this dissertation is to analyse two historical writings, the Chronicle (Chronicon) , written between 900 and 908 by Regino, abbot of Prüm, in Lotharingia; and The Five Books of Histories (Historiarum Liber Quinque), by the monk Rodulfus Glaber, written between 1016 and 1046, in Burgundy. Therefore, we will seek to discuss whether the quoted sources support the idea of a public power crisis during that time. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/02365-9 - Public power crisis in Regino of Prüm and Rodulfus Glaber (IX-XI centuries)
• Grantee: Bruna Giovana Bengozi
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master