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0521854415 - Politics and Power in Early Medieval Europe - Alsace and the Frankish Realm, 600–1000 - by Hans J. Hummer
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INDEX

Aachen, royal palace 110, 170, 172

   Council of in 809 82–3

   Synod of in 860 174

Aba, wife of Hugo of Tours 218

Adala, daughter of Bodal 65

Adalais, daughter of Hugo of Tours 158

Adalbert, duke in Alsace 49, 52, 54, 63, 65, 158, 169, 224

Adalgis, patron of Weissenburg 198

Adalhard, brother of Gebolt 72, 74, 75

Adalhard, count in the Saargau 73–5

   precaria of 73–5, 85

Adalhelm, patron of Weissenburg 125, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204–5, 206

   eponymous ancestors of 198

   and the cartulary of Weissenburg 197–9, 202–3

Adalhelm/Althelm, ‘abbot’ and patron of Weissenburg 124–5, 193

Adalhoch, bishop of Strasburg 159

Adalinda, wife of Eberhard, count in Alsace and lord of Lure 235

Adalmund, retainer of Adalrich, duke in Alsace 51

Adalrich, duke in Alsace 40, 46–8, 49, 50–4, 55, 64, 65, 158, 170, 216, 218

   and the civil war of 676–9 47–8

   the ducal lordship of 48

   in the Life of Odilia 219–23, 226

   and the suppression of Grandval, see Grandval

Adalrich, duke in the district of Dijon 47

Adelheid, Ottonian empress 228, 232

Admonitio Generalis 135

Ado, patron of Weissenburg 113

advocates 200, 257

Agnes, abbess of Nivelles 33

Agothiu, patroness of Weissenburg 101

Aimono, patron of Farfa 89

Airlie, Stuart, British history 171, 172

Alanesberg, monastery 238, 244

Albegau 17, 35, 37, 73, 187, 193

Albe river, Saargau 66, 72

Albrich, patron of Weissenburg 129, 195

Alcuin, courtier of Charlemagne 131, 134, 135

Alemannia 17, 56, 57, 58, 134, 177, 198, 209

   counts in 60–1, 114, 159, 229

   dukedom of 9, 11, 35, 37, 49, 211

      Carolingian suppression of 57–8, 59, 60, 96–7, 106–7

   geopolitics of in east Francia 166–8

   laws of, see law codes

   proliferation of the precarial census in 94–8

Alsace 47

   and the cartulary of Weissenburg 182–5, 207

   counts in 60–1

   and the divisions of the Carolingian empire 156–7, 176, 185–6

   dukes, dukedom of 37, 47, 49–50, 57–60, 158, 169, 172, 176

   and the east Frankish conspiracy 113–14

   in the east Frankish kingdom, see Louis the German

   ecology of 12, 13

   geography of 9–17, 230

   geopolitics of in east Francia 166, 169

   kin-groups of, see Etichonids; Hugo of Tours; Ratbald-Wicbalds

   in the late Carolingian period 211–12

   linguistic divisions of 133

   local character of 11–12

   in the middle kingdom 169, 172–3; see also Lothar I; Lothar II

   monasteries in 1–2, 166, 167, 196; see also Etichonids

      Carolingian control of 61–5

   monastic reform in 231–3, 248–9

   organization of 9, 11, 17, 229; see also civitates

      in the Ottonian period 229

   and the pagus Alsatiae 9, 17

      Nordgau 11, 229

      Sundgau 11, 229

   political order in 1–2, 7, 250, 256–8

   and the rebellion of 833 164

   roads in 11

   royal authority in 35–6, 48–9, 211–12; see also Carolingians Charles the Bald; Charles the Fat; Lothar I; Lothar II; Louis the German; Ottonian kings

   royal property and residences in 166, 167, 196

   settlement of 12–13

   vernacular in 133, 136–7; see also Murbach; Weissenburg

   written sources of 17–23

Alsegau 17

Altdorf, Alsatian monastery 1, 247–8, 249

Althelm, judge 118, 124, 125, 261

Amalgar, duke in the district of Dijon 47

Amandus, bishop of Maastricht 30

Amico, abbot of Murbach 106, 114

Amita, daughter of Count Otto 71

Andennes, north Austrasian monastery 33

Andlau, Alsatian monastery 209, 231–2

Anfrid, son of Count Eberhard 60

Annales Alamannici 115

Annales Guelferbytani 115

Annales Nazariani 113–15

Annals of Fulda, see Fulda

Annals of St Bertin 161, 175, 182

Annals of Weissenburg, see Weissenburg

Annals of Xanten 162

Ansegisel, father of Pippin of Herstal 38

Anstrude, abbess of St Mary’s in Laon 38, 41, 43, 46

   Life of 41

Aquilina, wife of Duke Amalger 47

Aquitaine 56, 140, 160, 168, 169

Ardennes region 9, 36, 68, 176

aristocracy 4

   in Alsace 211, 229

   continuity of 8, 192–3

   factionalism of 170–1

   imperial 156, 157

   in the late Carolingian period 210, 211–12

   transformation of 247–9

Arnulf, bishop of Metz 34, 35

Arnulf, Carolingian king in east Francia 210, 212, 215, 228, 229

Assweiler, Saargau village 119

Astronomer, biographer of Louis the Pious 141, 160, 161

Atta-Angilswind, wife of Ratbald 112

Attala, abbess of St Stephen’s 54, 224

Attila, bishop of Laon 44

Atto, bishop of Freising 88

Audwiller, Saargau village 72

Augusta Rauricorum, civitas 14–16

Austrasia, kingdom of 9, 35–7, 41, 44, 46, 48–9, 56–63, 66, 168

Avars 110, 115


Baesecke, Georg, German philologist 131, 132

Baldger 120, 259

Baldram, bishop of Strasburg 212

Balduin, son of Sadalberga 41, 43

Baltram, abbot of Alanesberg and Lure 234, 236–7, 238, 240, 241, 242, 244–5, 246

Baltram, monk and notary of Weissenburg 206

Barr, Alsatian village 159

Barth, Medard, Alsatian historian 217

Barville-Bas, Saargau village 72, 75

Basel 11, 14, 41, 166, 187

   diocese of 11, 187, 228, 229, 232, 247

Bassing, Alsatian village 195

Bavaria 56, 87, 110, 114, 115, 134, 165, 166, 168, 169, 192, 209, 211, 217, 220

Beatus, abbot of Honau 63

Beda, wife of Wicbald 112

Bede, Anglo-Saxon author 134–5

   Ecclesiastical History of 135

Begga, foundress of Andennes 33, 34

Benedict, bishop and abbot of Honau 54, 63, 65

benefices

   ecclesiastical 82, 88, 91–2, 126

   in the Brevium Exempla 83

   royal 191

Berat-family, in Alsace 204

Beratlinda, wife of Gozbert 204

Berg, Saargau village 69–71, 72, 116, 259, 261

   church of St Martin at 70

   Rodoin property at 69–71, 116, 118–27

Bernard, count in Alsace 176

Bernard of Septimania 160–1, 163

Bernhar, abbot of Weissenburg and bishop of Worms 82–3, 137, 178, 197

Berswinda, wife of Adalrich, duke in Alsace 47, 219, 220

Bertha, daughter of Hugo of Tours 158, 176

Bertrada, abbess of Faremoutiers 149, 150

Besançon 11, 14–16, 187

Bèze, Burgundian monastery 47, 48

   Chronicle of 47

Biberkirch, Saargau village 72, 74–5

Biel 41

Bièvre river, Saargau 72, 74

Biligart, patron of Fulda 87

Bishop, Edmund, British historian 150

Bitterauf, Theodore, Bavarian historian 88

Black Forest 11, 166, 215

Blâmont, Saargau village 187

Blandinus-Baso, husband of Sadalberga 43

Blienschwiller, Alsatian village 159

Bliesgau 17, 65, 187, 193, 199

Bloch, Marc, French historian 254

Bobolenus, monk and author of the Life of Germanus 40, 47, 50, 52, 225

Bodol, Etichonid patron of Gregoriental and Honau 54, 65

Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary and reformer 59, 79, 134

Bonifacius, duke in Alsace 37, 47, 50, 52, 68, 87

Bonmoutier, Albegau monastery 35, 45, 187

Borgolte, Michael, German historian 215, 242

Boro, Etichonid patron of Honau and Weissenburg 54

Bosselshausen, Alsatian village 197

Bourgaltroff, Alsatian village 195

Bourgheim, Alsatian village 159

Brégille, Burgundian monastery 47

Bretons 157

Brevium exempla 82–4, 103, 182, 204

Brittany 56

Brown, Warren, American historian 252

Bruckner, Albert, Swiss historian 241

Brumath, royal palace 11, 14, 16, 68, 166

Brunner, Karl, Austrian historian 113, 114

Bruschbach river, Saargau 66

Burchard, duke in Swabia 227

Burgundian Gate 10, 11, 12, 14, 35, 133, 172, 229

Burgundy 17, 46–7, 55, 56, 168, 169, 185, 186, 212, 227, 239, 241, 242–3

   kingdom of 9, 35–6, 41, 44, 47, 228

   plain of 14

Büttner, Heinrich, German historian 233


Carloman, Carolingian duke 59, 60

   and precariae 77, 79, 96–7, 98, 107

Carloman, Carolingian king 26, 60, 61, 62, 68, 110

Carloman, Carolingian king in east Francia 209

Carolingian Empire

   divisions of 163–4, 165–6, 168–9, 179, 191–2, 209; see also Koblenz; Meersen; Verdun

   structural tension within 155–7, 170–1, 191, 211–12

   transformation of 253–8

Carolingians

   expansion of 56–63

      into Alsace 57–63, 251–4

   heartlands of 169

   kingship of 26–7

   and precariae verbo regis, see precariae

   and the suppression of dukes 60

   see also order; monasteries

cartularies 181, 253

   see also Freising; Fulda; Weissenburg

castles 249, 257

Cazfeld, Alsatian village 204

census

   Annerkennungszins 98, 100, 101

   as a source of monastic revenue 101–2, 130

   as ground rent 120–1

   on ecclesiastical precariae 74, 80–1, 84–104, 109–10, 113, 192, 202, 259, 260

      dates of collection of 86, 90

      and the east Frankish conspiracy 114

      proliferation of 84–104

      standardization of payment of 86, 90, 98;

       see also formulas; and particular monasteries: Farfa; Freising; Fulda; Gorze; Mondsee; Murbach; Passau; St Gall; St Wandrille; Weissenburg

   and the nona et decima, see nona et decima

   on precariae verbo regis 77–8, 80–1, 94, 98–100

   valuation of 98–101

Champagne 48

Charlemagne, Carolingian king and emperor 9, 26, 60, 61, 62, 68, 82, 84, 96, 97, 102, 106–7, 110, 112, 116–19, 124, 139, 142, 143, 154, 155, 157, 177, 178, 218, 228, 229, 252, 260

   and the division of 806 191

   and the east Frankish conspiracy 113, 115

   and precariae 79–81, 83, 98, 103–4, 109

   and reform 133, 134, 135; see also Admonitio Generalis; De Litteris Colendis

   and the vernacular 131, 136, 137, 138, 140, 142, 143

Charles the Bald, Carolingian king in west Francia 77, 142, 146, 156, 160, 161, 164, 170, 172, 174, 179, 185, 191, 211, 253

   and Alsace 176, 190, 210, 243

   and the division of 831 163–4

   and the divisions of 837 and 839 168

   provisions for in 829 161–3, 165, 178

   relations of with Lothar II 170, 171, 173, 174, 175–6, 189

   and the settlement at Meersen 186

   and the settlement at Verdun 169

Charles the Fat, Carolingian king and emperor 177, 187, 209–11, 212, 215, 241

   and Alsace 209–10, 228, 231

Charles Martel, mayor of the palace 48–9, 56, 57–9, 60, 63, 66, 68, 79, 96, 155, 156

   and ecclesiastical property 76–7, 79, 107, 108

Charles of Provence, Carolingian king 170, 173

Charles the Simple, king in west Francia 228, 243

charters

   formulas of, see formulas

   monastic 17–22

   royal 23

Chaumontois 17, 37, 73, 74, 187–9, 193, 199

Childebert, son of Grimoald and Merovingian king 32, 44

Childebert II, Merovingian king 35

Childeric II, Merovingian king 47, 52, 216, 219

Childeric III, Merovingian king 26

Chlotar II 35, 36, 96

Christian, count 175

Chrodegang, bishop of Metz 59, 98

Chuldulfus, lake in the Saargau 119

civitates

   of the upper-Rhine region 11; see also Vosges

Cluny, Burgundian monastery 231

Colmar, royal centre in Alsace 11, 166, 210, 249

   priorate at 231, 232

Columbanus, founder and abbot of Luxeuil and Bobbio 13, 39, 42, 44, 224

   Life of 13, 39, 42

Columbinus, abbot of Lure 234, 235

Concilium Germanicum 79

Conrad, duke of the Alemans and Alsatians 229

Conrad, duke in Franconia and king in east Francia 227, 228

Conrad, king in Burgundy 215, 243

conspiracy, east Frankish 105–6, 113–15

Constable, Giles, American historian 98–9

Constantinople 157

Corvey, Saxon monastery 139–40

counts, see Alemannia; Alsace

Cozroh, author of the Freising cartulary 87, 205

Cugnon, north Austrasian monastery 32


Dabo, castle in the Vosges 249

Dabo and Eguisheim, the lords of 1, 2, 248, 249, 250, 257

   castles of 249

   monasteries of 248–9

Dagobert I, Merovingian king 29, 30, 35, 36, 37, 42–3, 44

Dagobert II, Merovingian king 41, 44

Danube river 166

Dauendorf, Alsatian village 113, 198

Deicolus, abbot of Lure 50, 224–5, 234, 238–40, 241, 242, 244, 246

   Life of 212, 216, 224–6, 233–42, 243–6

      date of 245

De Litteris Colendis 135

Dettwiller, Alsatian village 158, 195, 199

Dijon 47

Doll, Anton, editor of the cartulary of Weissenburg 118, 122, 123, 124, 125, 182, 183, 184, 187, 204, 206

Dopsch, Alfons, Austrian historian 83, 100

Dragobodo, bishop of Speyer 68

Dragowit, king of the Wiltzi 114

Drogo, bishop of Metz 162, 200

Duban, abbot of Honau 62–3, 65

Duby, Georges, French historian 254, 256, 258

dukes, see Alemannia; Alsace; Carolingians; Ottonians

   stem 211, 233

Durstel, Saargau village 72, 75


Ebana, daughter of Sadalberga 43

Eberhard, count in Alsace and founder of Murbach 49, 50, 52, 54, 58, 59, 60, 63–4, 78–9, 94, 157

Eberhard, count in Alsace and lord of Lure 215–16, 225, 226, 234–5, 239, 241–2, 245, 246

Eberhard, count in Alsace and son of Hugo raucus 245, 247

Eberhard, lord of Lure 225, 236, 238, 239–40, 242, 244–5, 246, 247

   sons of 247

Eberhards, late Carolingian branch of the Etichonids 215, 217, 225–6, 247, 248

   transformation of 247

Ebersheim, Alsatian monastery 54, 61, 187, 228

Ebroin, mayor of the palace in Neustria 38, 47–8

Eburhard, father of Gebahart, Lantfrit and Rodoin 71, 117, 119–20, 123, 259

Eccard, count of Autun 149–50

Ego, Rodoin forest 119; see also Waldhambach

Eguisheim, Alsatian village 216

   castle at 249, 257

Eichel river, Saargau 66, 72, 118, 119, 120, 259, 261

Einhard, biographer of Charlemagne 140, 159, 191

   Life of Charlemagne 153

Elberswiller 65

Elina, patroness of Farfa 89, 90

Emma, Carolingian queen 174

Engilfrid, abbot of Gregoriental 216

Engilmut, patron of Weissenburg 195

Engilsnot, patron of Freising 88

Erbio, patron of Weissenburg 100–1

Erchangar, Alemannic count 159, 169, 177, 209

   property in Alsace 159

Erchangar, Alemannic family 61

Erhard, bishop 220–1

Ericho, count 51

Ermbert, abbot of Weissenburg and bishop of Worms 110–11, 112, 113, 118, 120, 123–4, 177, 194, 197, 259, 260

   and the precarial census 115–16, 121–2, 127–8

Ermbert, priest and son of Wolfgunda 71, 74, 75, 85, 205

Ermenrich of Ellwangen 152

Erstein, Alsatian monastery 170, 228, 232, 235

Eschau, Alsatian monastery 65

Estinnes, Council of 77–8, 79–81, 94, 96–7, 98, 101, 105–6, 107

Etichonids, Alsatian family 1–2, 34, 46–55, 57–60, 63–5, 75, 111–12, 156–60, 176, 211, 212–26, 234–5, 238–49, 250, 254, 256

   and the cartulary of Weissenburg 193, 194, 197, 206

   continuity of 63–5

   dukedom of 49–50, 57–60; see also Alsace

   Honau genealogy of 53, 64–5

   lordships of in the middle kingdom 170

   monastic foundations of 52–5

      and fiscal property 49

   offices of in late Merovingian Alsace 49

   origins of 46–7

   Ottonian suppression of 229, 243–5

   property of 55

   relations of with the Carolingians 57, 59–60, 63–5, 169–70, 172, 177

   transformation of 247–9

Ettenheim, upper-Rhine monastery 59

Eugenia, abbess of Hohenburg 65, 224

Eustasius, abbot of Luxeuil 39, 40, 42

Eustasius, son of Sadalberga 43

Evangelienbuch, see Otfrid of Weissenburg

Exhortatio ad Plebem Christianam 135


Farfa, Italian monastery, the precarial census at 89–91, 95, 101

Fastrada, Carolingian queen 110

Fleckenstein, Josef, German historian 124

Foillan, abbot of Peronne 31

Folcwig, abbot of Weissenburg and bishop of Worms 178, 200

Fontenoy, battle of 142, 160

formulas, monastic 21–2, 23

   collections of:

      Bourges 92

      Collectio Flaviniacensis 93

      Formulae Salicae Merkelianae 93

      Formulae Sangallenses Miscellaneae 93

      Marculf 92, 93, 126

      Sens 92–3

      Tours 92, 93

   the precarial census in 92–4, 95

Fosse, north Austrasian monastery 29, 31, 32

Francia 134

Franconia/mid-Rhine region 48, 68, 179, 186, 211, 256

   geopolitics of in east Francia 166–8, 180, 186

   kin-groups of 111

Frankenheim, Alsatian village 195

Frankfurt 166, 176

Frawinsind, patroness of Weissenburg 198

Fredegar, Merovingian historian 153

Freising, Bavarian diocese of 18, 55, 102

   cartulary of 87–8, 181, 182, 192, 205

   the precarial census at 87, 89, 91–2, 95, 102

   and the vernacular 135

      Freisinger Paternoster 136

Fridoald, monk of Grandval 40

Frisia 56

Froschheim, Alsatian village 159

Fulculfus-Bodo 42, 45–6

Fulda, Franconian monastery 18, 102, 111, 124, 179

   Annals of 166, 174, 175

   cartulary of 87, 181, 182, 204

   the precarial census at 87, 89, 91–2, 95

   vernacular activity at 134, 135, 137, 139, 141–2, 145

Fulrad, abbot of St Denis 60


Gaio, patron of Freising 88

Geary, Patrick, American historian 107, 184

Gebahart, son of Eburhard 71, 74, 75, 116–23, 124, 125–7, 129, 259, 261

Gebhart, son of Rodoin 71, 119

Geboart, nephew of Lantfrit corepiscopus 75

Gebolt, advocate of Weissenburg 69, 71, 72–3, 74, 75, 85–6, 200, 201, 202–3, 204–5

Genesis, Old Saxon biblical epic 138–42, 143

   Latin preface to, see Heliand

Gengenbach, Black Forest monastery 197

Gerard, count in Paris and Vienne 158

Gerbald, son of Wicbald 112, 194, 195, 197, 198

Gerbald, witness 195

Gerbert, sub-abbot of Weissenburg 197, 260

Gerhoh, sub-abbot of Weissenburg 197

Germanus, abbot of Grandval 39–40, 41, 51–2

   Life of 39–40, 50, 52, 225

Gerric, abbot of Weissenburg 233

Gertrude, abbess of Nivelles

   Life of 29–31, 32, 33

   Miracles of 29

   property of 30

Gervolk, patron of Weissenburg 202–3

Gisalrich, patron of Weissenburg 195, 205, 206

Glöckner, Karl, editor of the cartulary of Weissenburg 118, 122, 123, 124, 125, 182, 183, 184, 187, 204, 206

Godabert, sub-abbot of Weissenburg 113

Goetz, Hans-Werner, German historian 101

Goldberg, Eric, American historian 166, 168

Görsdorf, Alsatian village 159, 198

Gorze, Lotharingian monastery 18, 59

   the precarial census at 98

Gozbert, patron of Weissenburg 187

Gozbert, witness at Weissenburg 203–4

Grandval, Jura monastery 33, 55, 61, 170, 187, 209, 215, 232, 243

   foundation of 40–1

   and the later Etichonids 172, 214–15, 247

   suppression of by Duke Adalrich 51–2, 214

Graus, František, Czech historian 223

Gregoriental, Alsatian monastery 47, 52, 54, 61, 166, 175, 187, 215–16

Grimald, abbot of St Gall and Weissenburg, archchaplain and archchancellor 144, 151–4, 197, 201, 211

   ancestry of 178

   and the abbacy of Weissenburg 178, 180, 197–8

   career and offices of 151

   as literary patron 152–3

      of vernacular literature 153

   and Louis the German’s acquisition of Alsace and Lotharingia 173, 181, 182, 189, 191, 207

   relationship of with patrons 201–2

   vademecum of 153

Grimoald, mayor of the palace in Austrasia 31, 32, 34, 35, 37

   coup of 32, 44

Gundher, patron of Fulda 87

Gundlinda, daughter of Duke Adalbert 224

Gundoin, Austrasian duke 37–8, 66, 71

Gundoin, count 38

Gundoin, vir inluster and duke in Alsace 35, 37, 38, 39–41, 42, 43, 47, 50, 52, 218

   property of 40

Gundoins 34, 35–7, 38–46, 52, 55, 71

   monastic foundations of 39–46

      women of 41–6

   property of 45; see also Gundoin, duke in Alsace; Sadalberga

   sanctification of 43

Gunthart, patron of Weissenburg 129

Guntram, count and lord of Lure 225, 236, 239–40, 242, 243, 244, 246, 247


Hadrian II, pope 176

hagiography 22

Haito, bishop of Basle 157

Hartbert, monk of Weissenburg 206

Hartmut, abbot of St Gall 145, 152

Haubrichs, Wolfgang, German historian and linguist 131–2, 138–9, 145

Hector, patricius of Provence 47

Heddo, abbot of Reichenau and bishop of Strasburg 58, 59, 61, 79

Heidrich, Ingrid, German historian 57

Heilwig, wife of Hugo, son of Hugo raucus 247

Heliand, Old Saxon biblical epic 132, 137–42, 143, 145, 148

   manuscripts of 139, 141–2

   preface to 138–9, 140–1

Helidmunt, patron of Weissenburg 86, 127–8

Hellgardt, Ernst, German scholar 150

Henry I, Ottonian king 227–8

Henry II, Ottonian king and emperor 245

Heppo 206

   connection of to the Helmdrudis-Helidmunt-Hildrat-Hiltbert group 206

Herimuot, patron of Gregoriental 216

Herlihy, David, American historian 102

Hermann, Swabian duke 229

Hermelange, Saargau village 75, 201

Herstal, assembly 79–81, 83, 85, 91, 94, 98–9, 100–1, 109

   capitulary of 80–1, 84, 97, 106

Hesse, Saargau village 72, 75

   monastery at 1, 247–8, 249

Hilderic, patron of Farfa 89

Hildibodo, notary of Weissenburg 122, 260

Hildifrid, son of Duke Liutfrid 60, 64

   precaria of at Murbach 78–9, 94

Hildigard, countess in Alsace 235

Hildrad, probable kinsman of Hildifrid 64

   precaria of at Murbach 78–9, 94

Hilduin, abbot of St Denis, archchaplain to Louis the Pious and Lothar I 146

Hiltibert, patron of Weissenburg 86

Himiltrude, wife of Count Eberhard 59

Hincmar, bishop of Reims 174, 176

   and the Annals of St Bertin 175

   and the Divorce of Lothar 174

Hohenburg, Alsatian monastery 1, 54, 61, 65, 159, 187, 212, 216–17, 218, 221, 223, 226

   foundation narrative of 219–20

Honau, Alsatian monastery 54, 61, 62–5, 81, 166, 181, 187, 209

   Etichonid donations to 63–5; see also Etichonids

Hornbach, Vosges monastery 59, 65

Hrabanus Maurus, abbot of Fulda and archbishop of Mainz 138–9, 140, 142, 143, 145, 146, 148, 153, 179

Hrimcrim, patron of Freising 88

Hugo, count at Hohenburg and lord of Lure 217, 225, 226, 236, 238, 239–40, 242, 244–5, 246

Hugo, count and lord of Lure 225, 236, 237–8, 240, 242, 244, 246

Hugo, count in Alsace and founder of Woffenheim and Hesse 247, 249

Hugo, count and son of illustrious count Liutfrid 172, 176, 212, 214

Hugo, duke in Alsace and son of Lothar II 171, 172, 174, 176, 197, 212, 241–2

Hugo raucus, count in Alsace 242, 247

Hugo of Tours, Etichonid count in Tours and Sens 156–61, 170, 199, 212, 214, 218

   Alsatian connections of 158, 163

   characterization of 160, 164

   as conspirator against Louis the Pious 160, 163, 164–5

   death of 165

   disgraced by Louis the Pious 159

   honores of 157, 158, 165

   property of 158–9, 195–7


Ingobert, patron of Weissenburg 127, 129

Ingofrid, abbot of Luxeuil 50

Innes, Matthew, British historian 252, 255

Irambertus, witness at Weissenburg 123–4, 261

Irish missions 27, 31

Irmina, mother-in-law of Pippin of Herstal 34

Irmingard, Carolingian empress 157, 170, 228

Isanhart, patron of Freising 92

Italy 97, 112, 164, 165, 168, 169, 210, 214, 243

Itta, foundress of Nivelles 29, 30–1


John, notary of Weissenburg 206

Jonas of Bobbio 39, 42

Judith, Carolingian empress 157, 161, 218, 228

Judith, veneranda matrona and patron of Otfrid 146, 147

Jura mountains/Transjura region 14, 35, 169, 187

Justolf, abbot of Weissenburg and bishop of Ascoli Piceno 177–8


Kaiserstuhl, royal estate near 166

kin-groups, kinship 1–2, 5, 6, 7, 8

   and abbatial succession 32–3

   see also aristocracy; monasteries; and individual groups: Etichonids; Gundoins; Pippinids; Ratbald-Wicbalds; Rodoins; Wolfoald-Gundoins

Kirrwiller, Alsatian village 197, 201, 202, 203

Kleiber, Wolfgang, Otfrid scholar 152

Koblenz 14

   royal summit at in 860 174, 175, 182

Krähenberg, in Alsace 195


Langres 14, 43, 44, 172

   Sadalberga’s foundation near 43–4

Lantfrid, duke in Alemannia 96

Lantfrit, corepiscopus 69, 74, 75, 126, 200, 201, 202–3, 204, 206

Lantfrit, son of Eburhard 71, 117–18, 120, 123, 259

Laon 35, 38, 41, 45

   Sadalberga’s foundation in 34, 35, 38, 41, 44–6

law codes 23

   Leges Alamannorum 96, 97

Leberau, Alsatian monastery 177

Lembach, Alsatian village 113, 193, 198, 204

Leo IX/Bruno of Toul, pope 1–2, 248, 250

Leodegar, bishop of Autun 47, 52, 219

   Passion of 47

Leodemund, abbot of Grandval 50

Leudinus-Bodo, bishop of Toul 35, 42, 45, 217

Levison, Wilhelm, German historian 50, 217

Liber Possessionum 182–3, 184

   and the settlement at Verdun 185–6

Life of Hildulph 217

lingua theodiska 148

Liutbert, archbishop of Mainz and archchaplain to Louis the German 144, 154, 189, 211

   see also Otfrid of Weissenburg

Liutfrid, count and son of count Liutfrid 212, 214–15

   sons of: Liutfrid, Hugo and Hunfrid 215

Liutfrid, illustrious count and son of Hugo of Tours 158, 170, 172, 197, 212, 214

Liutfrid, duke in Alsace 49, 52, 54, 59, 60, 111–12, 157, 158–9

Liutfrid, lord of Grandval 215

Liutfrids, late Carolingian branch of the Etichonids 212–15, 216, 243, 247

Liutheric, mayor of the palace 219

Liutswind, wife of Sigibald 113

Lombardy 169, 177

Lorsch, Franconian monastery 111

Lothar I, Carolingian emperor 142–3, 146, 156, 157, 168–70, 178, 180, 191, 211

   and the abbacy of Weissenburg 179, 201

   and Alsace 169, 177, 191, 228

   and connections to Etichonids 169–70, 214

   middle kingdom of 169–70

   rebellions of 160–5, 200

Lothar II, Carolingian king 170–6, 214, 246

   and Alsace 172–3, 175, 177, 181, 182, 185, 189, 197–9, 211

   and connections to Etichonids 172, 197, 214

   and the geopolitics of the middle kingdom 170–1

   itinerary of 172

   marital problems and divorce of 171, 172, 173, 212, 234–5, 239, 241

   see also Charles the Bald; Louis the German

Lotharingia 9, 17, 171, 172, 209, 212, 228, 242–3

   bishops of 171, 172

   and the cartulary of Weissenburg 182–5, 207

   and the divisions of the Carolingian empire 185–6

   ecology and geography of 13–14

   see also Louis the German

Louis the Child, Carolingian king in east Francia 227, 228

Louis the German, Carolingian king in east Francia 107, 143, 152, 154, 156, 170, 173–4, 198, 211

   and Alsace 144, 170, 173, 176–7, 190, 209, 211, 228, 253

      and the acquisition of Alsace and Lotharingia 160, 178–82, 189, 190, 191;

        see also Grimald

   Bavarian kingdom of 165

   court of 146, 153

   and the division of 831 165–6

   and the geopolitics of east Francia 165–9, 170

   itinerary of 166

   rebellions of 164, 165–9, 191

   relations of with Lothar II 170, 171, 173–6

   and the settlement of Meersen 185, 186–7

   and the settlement of Verdun 169, 185–6

   and the vernacular 131–2, 137, 138–9, 141–3, 144, 145–6, 147, 150–1, 153, 154

Louis the Pious, Carolingian emperor 9, 50, 82, 124, 139, 142, 147, 154, 155, 157, 158, 178, 179, 200, 214, 218, 253

   deposition of 144

   imperial divisions of 163–4, 165–6, 168–9, 179, 191–2

   rebellions against 160–5, 168–9, 178–9

   and the vernacular 138, 139–41

Louis II, Carolingian king and emperor in Italy 170

Louis IV, Carolingian king in west Francia 242

Louis the Younger, Carolingian king in east Francia 175, 209

Ludolfesteich, in Waldhambach 120, 259

Lure, Burgundian monastery at 1, 187, 212, 226, 231, 247

   as a proprietary monastery 225–6

   reform of 233–46

Luxeuil, Burgundian monastery 39, 40, 42, 44, 187


Mâcon, region in Burgundy 256, 258

Magdeburg, archbishopric of 232, 233

Magyars 215, 227, 228, 239, 241, 242

Mainz 14, 68

   archbishopric of 134, 172, 183, 232, 233

   district of 169, 179, 185

   Synod of 138, 143

   vernacular activity at 139, 141–2

Marlenheim, royal palace in Alsace 11, 35, 48, 60, 166, 172, 175, 214

Marmoutier, Alsatian monastery 166

Masmünster, Alsatian monastery 55, 187

Maso, founder of Masmünster 54

Massiolo, patron of Farfa 89

Matfrid, count at Orleans 160, 161, 163

Maurontus, bishop of Marseilles 108

McKitterick, Rosamond, British historian 149

Meersen, division at 176, 177, 178, 185, 186–90, 192

Meginhelm, advocate of Weissenburg 195, 203

Meginheri, patron of Weissenburg 195

Mellito, patron of Farfa 89

Memmo, patron of Freising 92

Metz 11, 14, 34, 48, 66, 68, 133, 164, 170, 172, 175, 176, 187, 200

   diocese of 69, 176, 200, 236

Metz, Wolfgang, German historian 186

Meuse, Gundoin villa 44

Meuse-Moselle basin 9, 35, 37, 164, 169, 176, 187

Milan 89

Milo, patron of Weissenburg 198

Milo, priest and patron of Weissenburg 124–5, 193, 197, 198–9, 200, 201, 202–3

Mittilibrunn river, Saargau 66, 118, 119, 120, 259, 261

Modern, Alsatian village 199

Mohnenberg, in Alsace 195

monasteries 7–8

   and Carolingian authority 62–4, 251–4

   and the divisions of the Carolingian empire 177, 252–3; see also Weissenburg

   and families 1–2, 6, 7, 23–5, 35, 254, 256–8

   lordly domination of 209–26

   and property 76–80; see also precariae; benefices

   surge in donations to 102–3

   see also Alsace; reform; the Vosges

Mondsee, Bavarian monastery 89, 181

Moselgau 187–9

Muatheri, leitname of the Ratbald-Wicbald group 203–4

Münchhausen, Alsatian village 195, 203

Murbach, Alsatian monastery 18, 50, 54, 60, 61, 64, 114, 166, 187, 209, 228, 232

   foundation of 58–9

   precariae at 78–9

   precariae verbo regis at 105, 106–7, 109

   the precarial census at 94–5, 96, 98

   vernacular activity at 133

Muspilli, Old High German poem 143


Nelson, Janet, British historian 164

Neustria, kingdom of 34, 47, 56

   aristocracy of 32, 44, 47

Neuweiler, Alsatian monastery 200

Nicholas I, pope 171, 174

Niederaltaich, Bavarian monastery 135

Niederbronn, Alsatian village 158, 159

Niedermünster, Alsatian monastery 54, 218, 224

Nieffern, Alsatian village 197

Nithard, Carolingian historian 142, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 179, 252

Nivelles, north Austrasian monastery 29, 32–3

   abbatial succession at 32–3

   foundation of 30–2

Nivelles Addition to the Life of Fursey 29, 31

nona et decima 80–1, 98–101

Nordoald, patron of Weissenburg 111

Notker the Stammerer, biographer of Charlemagne 145, 152

   Deeds of Charlemagne 145, 152


Odalhart, patron of Weissenburg 85

Odila, sister-in-law of Sadalberga 45, 217

Odilia, abbess of Hohenburg 52, 54, 65, 216, 217, 218, 220–4

   and the later Etichonids 217

   Life of 47, 212, 216–24, 225, 226, 234

      circulation of 223

      date of 217

      sources of 217–18

order, political 1–8

   Carolingian 5–6, 24, 156; see also Carolingian Empire

   central 2–3, 7

   formal aspects of 2–4, 7

   in early medieval Europe 5–7, 23–5

   informal aspects of 3–4, 7

   late Merovingian 250–1

   local 3, 5, 7, 8, 156–7

   Ottonian 24–5, 256

   Roman 5, 6

   royal 3–4, 5

   transformation of 256–8

Ornois 44, 187

Otacar, palace judge 118, 124–5, 201, 261

   identification of with Otgar, abbot of Weissenburg 124–5

Otbert, patron of Weissenburg 204

Otfrid of Weissenburg, poet 137

   and the cartulary of Weissenburg 204

   Evangelienbuch of 132, 137, 138, 141, 143–54, 180, 204

      date of composition of 145–7

      dedications of 144–5, 150–1

      letter to Liutbert 144, 146, 147, 150, 151

      manuscripts of 145

      reception of 149–50

      and Frankish lordship 147–9

   family of 203–4

   Latin poems of 146

   life and career of 144–5

      residence in west Francia 146

Otgar, abbot of Weissenburg, archbishop of Mainz and chaplain to Louis the Pious 124–5, 127, 146, 190

   and the abbacy of Weissenburg 179–80

   relationship of with patrons 201, 202

Otgar/Autgar, palace judge for Pippin III 124, 125

   identified with Otkar/Ottakar, fidelis of Charlemagne 124

Otheri, son of Gozbert 204

Otmund 195, 203

Otrih, witness at Weissenburg 203–4

Otto, count in the Saargau 71, 74, 75, 85, 205

Otto, mayor of the palace in Austrasia 27, 31, 32, 37

Otto I, Ottonian king and emperor 215, 228, 229, 232, 237–8, 242–5, 246

Otto II, Ottonian king and emperor 229, 232, 243, 245, 247

Otto III, Ottonian king and emperor 229, 232–3, 245, 247

Otto, Salian duke 233

Ottonian kings 24–5, 227–9

   and Alsace 227–9, 233, 242–3, 245

   and the dukes 229

   and the Etichonids, see Etichonids

   and monasteries 228

   and reform 231, 237–8

Ottwiller, Saargau village 72, 75


Palma, monastery 220

Paris basin 48, 146

Passau, Bavarian monastery 181

   the precarial census at 89

Pavia 89

Payerne, Burgundian monastery 228, 231, 232

Peter, father of Rodoin 69, 70

Pfister, Christian, Alsatian historian 64, 216, 223

Pippin, Carolingian king in Italy 178

Pippin I ‘the Elder’, mayor of the palace in Austrasia 29

Pippin II of Herstal 32, 33–4, 37, 38, 46, 48, 68

   ‘monastic policy’ of 33–4

Pippin III ‘the Short’, Carolingian king 29, 58, 59–60, 61, 62–3, 66, 68, 81, 96, 98, 110, 112, 124, 157, 177, 228, 252

   anointing of 26–7

   and precariae 106, 107, 108

Pippin, Carolingian sub-king in Aquitaine 156, 160, 163, 164

Pippinids 27–34, 37–9, 41, 44, 46, 50, 62, 71, 77

   and Alsace 48–9

   monastic foundations of 29, 32

      women and 31, 33

   property of 31

   sanctification of 31, 36

   and the ‘south Austrasian opposition’ 37–8, 66

Pirenne, Henri, Belgian historian 5

Pirmin, abbot of Hornbach, Murbach and Reichenau 58–9, 65, 79

Plectrude, wife of Pippin of Herstal 34, 38

polyptychs 83

Portois 17, 187

precariae and conditional gifts 19–22, 68, 73–4, 77, 79–81, 89, 91, 92, 102–4, 105, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 206, 211, 259, 260

   in the Brevium Exempla 83

   census on, see census

   upon death (conditional gifts only) 86–7

   precariae verbo regis 77–8, 79–81, 83, 94, 96, 98–100; see also Carloman; census; Charlemagne; Murbach; St Wandrille

      reception of 105–9

   see also Adalhard, count; Rodoins

prestariae 21–2, 68, 117, 118, 119, 121–2, 123, 126, 127, 129, 259

Preuschdorf, Alsatian village 158, 159, 198

property 5

   ecclesiastical 76–80; see also benefices; monasteries; precariae

      ‘secularization’ of 76–8, 107

   gifts of to monasteries 23–4

   royal 11; see also Alsace

Provence 14, 47–8, 56, 107, 169, 173, 174

Prudentius, author of the Annals of St Bertin 174


Quierzy, assembly at 159


Rading, patron of Weissenburg 86

Raduin, advocate of Weissenburg 203

Radulf, son of Amita 71, 72

Randoald, provost of Grandval 51, 52

Rantwig, patron of Weissenburg 111–12

Ratbald, a progenitor of the Ratbald-Wicbalds 111–12

Ratbald-Wicbalds, mid-Rhine family 111–13, 193, 203

   and the cartulary of Weissenburg 194–7, 199, 206

   connections to the Etichonids 111–12, 195–7

   connections to the family of Otfrid 203–4

   property of 111, 112, 118

Ratharius, count and precarist of St Wandrille 108

Ratold, bishop of Strasburg 172, 173, 176

Ratram, Ratbald-Wicbald patron of Weissenburg 112

reform

   Carolingian 130–1, 133–54, 155, 231see also Charlemagne

      Anianian 181

      karlisch 131

   monastic, tenth-century 227, 229–49, 256; see also Lure; Weissenburg

   papal 232

Regensburg 115, 135

Reichenau, Alemannic monastery 58–9, 209

   vernacular activity at 153

Reims 43

Remaclus, abbot of Solignac 32

Remigius, bishop of Strasburg 65

Remiremont, Burgundian monastery 42, 60, 187, 235

   memorial book of 173–4, 175

   royal summit at in 861 173–4, 175

Reuter, Timothy, British historian 155, 171

Rheinau, Alemannic monastery 210

Rhine river 166

   and the lower-Rhine region 165, 168, 176

Richbald, son of Wicbald 112, 113, 194, 195, 197, 198–9

Richgarda, Carolingian empress 177, 209, 228, 231

Richramnus, husband of Sadalberga 42

Riculf, archbishop of Mainz 124

roads, Roman 11, 16, 41, 66, 166

Robert the Strong, count in Paris 158

Rodoin, abbot of Weissenburg 69

Rodoin, count 68

Rodoin, notary 69

Rodoin, priest 69

Rodoin, son of Eburhard 71, 116–23, 124, 125–7, 129, 259, 261

Rodoin, son of Peter 69, 74, 118, 123, 125, 127, 128, 261

   precariae and wills to Weissenburg 69–71, 119, 127

Rodoins, family of the Saargau 65–75, 78, 111

   and the Carolingians 68

   and the cartulary of Weissenburg 194, 199–203

   continuity of 65–75, 206–7

   descent of 69

   dispute of with Weissenburg 115–27, 259

   precariae of 68, 71

   as a ‘precarial kin-group’ 71–5

   property of 66, 69–71, 72; see also Berg; Waldhambach

   relationship of with Weissenburg 68–71

   and the ‘south-Austrasian opposition’ 66

Roduna, sister of Adala 65

Rodung, Rodoin patron of Weissenburg 125

Romanus, abbot of Murbach 59, 79, 107

Rome 175, 176, 231, 236

   see of 237–8, 246, 257

   Synod of 82, 178

Rotabach, Bavarian village 88

Rotfeld, in Alsace 164, 168, 191

Royal Frankish Annals 113, 115

Rudolf, duke in Burgundy 229, 238, 243, 244, 246

Rudolf, king in Burgundy 215, 228

Rupertings, Franconian family 111

Ruthard, Alemannic count 60


Saarbourg, town in the Saargau 179, 201

Saargau 17, 37, 65, 66, 68, 73, 78, 179, 182, 185, 187, 194, 199, 201, 247

   rivers of 66

   roads in 66

Saar river 66, 72

Sadalberga 33, 34, 35, 37, 41–6, 217, 220

   and aristocratic sanctification 43

   foundations of 34, 35, 38, 41, 43–6

   Life of 39, 41, 44, 217–18, 234

   property of 43–4, 45

St Adelphus, relics of 200

St Emmeram, Bavarian monastery 18

St Felix and Regula, monastery in Zurich 176

St Gall, Alemannic monastery 102, 138, 145, 198, 210

   charters of 162, 164, 182, 185

   library of 152

   the precarial census at 94, 95–8, 101, 102

   vernacular activity at 142, 153

      Sangaller Paternoster und Credo 136

St Germain-des-Prés, Paris-basin monastery 146

St Julien d’Auxerre 157

St Maurice, Burgundian monastery 54

St Stephen, monastery in Strasburg 54, 65, 169, 187

St Trutbert, Black Forest monastery 215

St Victor at Marseilles

   precariae verbo regis at 107–8, 109

St Wandrille, west Frankish monastery 101

   and the Gesta Sanctorum Patrum Fontanellensis Coenobii 101, 108–9

   precariae verbo regis at 108–9

   precarial census at 101

Salians, German dynasty 184, 233

Saône river and basin 14, 35, 187

Saratrude, daughter of Sadalberga 43

Sarengo, patron of Farfa 89

Saulnois 17, 37, 69, 73, 74, 182, 185, 187, 193, 195, 199, 206

Saverne, Alsatian village

   royal centre at 166

Saverne gap 11, 66, 164, 247, 249

Saxony 56, 110, 112, 142–3, 168, 211

   role of vernacular in the conversion of 139–40, 141

      Old Saxon baptismal vow 139

Schmid, Karl, German historian 173, 254, 256, 258

Schuttern, Alemannic monastery 210

Sélestat, royal estate in Alsace 166, 210

Seltz, royal fortress in Alsace 11, 35, 166, 231, 232

   monastery at 228

Sierentz, royal estate in Alsace 166

Sigibald, son of Ratbald 112, 113, 194, 195, 197, 198–9

Sigibert III, Merovingian king 32

Sigibold, witness 195

Sigihart, count 195, 206

Sigolsheim, Alsatian village 65

Sinda, patroness of Farfa 89

Sindbert, abbot of Murbach and bishop of Regensburg 114–15

Soissons, west Francia 40

Solomon, bishop of Constance 145

Sornegau 48, 50, 51

Speyer 14, 68, 166, 182–3

   diocese of 183

Speyergau 17, 54, 111, 112, 144, 169, 178, 179, 180, 185, 186, 193, 199

Spitzstein 120

Sprandel, Rolf, German historian 97

Staufer dynasty 229

Stavelot and Malmedy, double monastery 32, 34, 35–7

Stephen, pope 26

Strasburg 11, 12, 14–17, 35, 54, 59, 65, 66, 68, 113, 159, 173, 190, 216, 228, 229

   diocese of 11, 54, 159, 166, 173, 187, 217, 228, 236

   royal centre at 166

Swabia 256, 258

   dukes of 229, 233; see also Hermann


Tassilo, duke in Bavaria 114, 115

Tatberga, patroness of Farfa 89

Tatian, Old High German gospel harmony 137, 141, 150

Teodoro, patron of Farfa 90

Tertry, battle of 33

Teudemondo, patron of Farfa 90

Teutsind, abbot of St Wandrille 108–9

Thegan, biographer of Louis the Pious 140, 158, 160, 161, 162, 165, 179

   Deeds of Louis the Pious 153

Theodo, patron of Weissenburg 101

Theophanu, Ottonian empress 228

Theotchar, duke in the upper-Moselle region 37, 38, 48, 69, 206

Theotswind, wife of Rodung 125

Theudebald, duke in Alemannia 96

Theudebert II, Merovingian king 36

Theuderic II, Merovingian king 35–6

Theuderic III, Merovingian king 41, 44, 48, 57

Theuderic IV, Merovingian king 58

Theutberga, Carolingian queen 171, 174, 212

Thiatburg, patroness of Weissenburg 86

Thietberga, abbess of Bonmoutier 45

Thietgaud, archbishop of Trier 173

Thuringia 113, 114, 134, 166, 168, 211

Tieffenbach, Saargau village 72, 119

Toul 14, 35, 187

   diocese of 176, 187, 217

Tours 158, 172

   Council of 103–4

      and preaching in the vernacular 137, 138

Tozi, patron of Bavaria 88

Trier 14

Trier, diocese of 176, 187

Turckheim, Alsatian village 216


Uadalrat, patroness of Weissenburg 195, 206

Udalrichings, Alemannic family 61

Ufgau 182, 183


Val de Guéblange/villa Geboaldo, Saargau village 72

Valedio, abbot of Gregoriental 216

Valff, Alsatian village 159

Verdun 37, 38, 175

   diocese of 176, 187

   district of 38, 187

   settlement at 169, 172, 177, 179, 185–6, 190, 192

Verhein, Klaus, German historian 83

vernacular language and literature 23, 135, 253

   Germanic 131–54

      and Anglo-Saxon missions 134–5

      centres of, see Alsace; Freising, Fulda; Mainz; Murbach; Weissenburg; St Gall; Reichenau

      and Latin 131, 133

      major compositions in, see Heliand, Otfrid of Weissenburg, Tatian

      major manuscripts of 141–2, 143; see also Heliand

      royal agency behind 132–3

      and translations of prayers into Old High German 135–7see also lingua theodiska; Saxony

   Romance 131, 149–50

Vision of Charlemagne 191

Vosges mountains and region, the 11, 12, 34, 35, 164, 169, 177, 179, 212, 227, 249

   civitates of 14

   dioceses of 15, 16

   districts of 16, 17

   ducal administration of 48

   ecology of 13

   kin-groups in 77; see also Etichonids, Rodoins, Wolfoald-Gundoins

   monasteries in 12, 167

   partitions of 35–7, 176, 186–7

   and the Romance/Germanic linguistic divide 133

   royal power in 35–7

   settlement of 12–13

   written sources on 17


Walahfrid Strabo, abbot of Reichenau 146, 152, 162

Waldebert, abbot of Luxeuil 39, 40–1, 43, 44

Waldhambach, Saargau village 69–71, 72, 75, 116, 259

   Rodoin property at 69–71, 116, 118–27

      and the disputed forest 71, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 126

   Wolfoald-Gundoin property at 119

Waldolwisheim, Alsatian village 197

Waltrada, wife of Lothar II 171, 172, 174, 176, 212, 234–5, 239, 241–2, 246

Warin, Alemannic count 60–1

Wasselonne, Alsatian village 65

Weissenburg, Speyergau monastery 10, 18, 52, 54, 55, 60, 61, 63, 65, 66, 68, 90, 110–29, 144, 145, 158–9, 166, 172, 209, 228, 231, 259, 260, 261

   abbatial succession at 177–80

   Annals of 162–3

   and the Brevium exempla 82–3

   cartulary of 18–19, 74–5, 85, 87, 102, 127, 180–207

      date of completion 181

      and family rights 192–3

      organization and scope of 182–5, 193–4

      precariae and conditional gifts in 183, 184, 185, 192–3

      production of 204–7

      and the settlement at Meersen 185, 186–90

   and the divisions of the Carolingian empire 177–207

   Liber Possessionum of, see Liber Possessionum

   library of 152–3

   and patron families, see Etichonids; Ratbald-Wicbalds; Rodoins

   Precariae at 103

   the precarial census at 85–7, 89, 91, 95, 98, 100, 101, 102, 105, 115–29

      opposition to 115–29

   property of 182–3

   as a proprietary monastery 211

   reform of 233

   scriptorium of 152–3, 180

   surge in donations to 102

   vernacular activity at 133; see also Otfrid of Weissenburg; Weissenburg Cathecism

Weissenburg Cathecism 134–5, 136–7

Welfs, Alemannic family 146, 158

Werald, monk and son of Count Otto 71, 72, 74, 75

   precarial property of in Waldhambach 119, 128, 129

Werden, monastery in Saxony 138

   and the Heliand 139

Werdulf, abbot of Lure 234, 236–8, 244, 245, 246

Werinbert, monk of St Gall 145

Wicbald, patron of Weissenburg 195

Wicbald, a progenitor of the Ratbald-Wicbalds 111–12

Wilfrid, Anglo-Saxon missionary 134

Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary 134

Williperht, patron of Freising 88

Wilo, Ratbald-Wicbald patron of Weissenburg 112

Winiart, Ratbald-Wicbald patron of Weissenburg 112

Witlaic, abbot of St Wandrille 108, 109

Woffenheim, Alsatian monastery 1, 247–8, 249

Wolfgunda, daughter of Mayor Wolfoald 71–2, 75

Wolfoald, count in the district of Verdun 38

Wolfoald, duke and mayor of the palace in Austrasia 37, 38, 48, 66, 71

Wolfoald-Gundoins 34, 36, 37–8, 44, 55, 68, 85, 111–18, 199

   and the cartulary of Weissenburg 194, 206

   as a ‘precarial kin-group’ 71–5

   property of 37, 72, 73–4, 199

   and the ‘south Austrasian opposition’ 37–8, 66

women, see Gundoins; Pippinids

Wood, Ian, British historian 108

Worms 14, 68, 110, 113, 164, 168, 178, 190

   diocese of 110, 183, 233

   synod of in 868 176

   vernacular activity at 137

Wormsgau 111, 112, 124, 169, 179, 182–3, 185, 186

Wulfetrude, abbess of Nivelles 33


Zacharias, pope 59

Zutzendorf, Alsatian village 195

Zwentibold, king in Lotharingia 217


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