Confronting crisis in the Carolingian Empire

Paschasius Radbertus' funeral oration for Wala of Corbie

This book presents a new translation of the Epitaphium Arsenii by Paschasius Radbertus (Radbert), a monk of Corbie. A daring defence of Charlemagne’s cousin Wala, onetime abbot of Corbie, the Epitaphium is about ideals of religious and political leadership, articulated by an author who ...

Medieval transformations

Texts, power, and gifts in context