In this work she describes the manner in which, Pepin the Short and later Charlemagne with the church began the Carolingian Renaissance. Her description of the revival of the palace schools and many of the reforms in the church that the Carolingians created, helps to paint a picture concerning the importance of the Church to the Carolingian monarchs. M.L.W. Laistner offers one of the very few works in English on Smaragus, one of the most important authors of the Speculum Principum. His work “The Date and the Recipient of Smaragdus’ Via Regia was published in 1928 and still proves an important piece of literature in the historiography. His supposition that the Via Regia, instead of traditionally addressing Charlemagne, addresses Louis the Pious holds great merit. This addressment to Louis confers greater power and importance to Louis because of this
In this work she describes the manner in which, Pepin the Short and later Charlemagne with the church began the Carolingian Renaissance. Her description of the revival of the palace schools and many of the reforms in the church that the Carolingians created, helps to paint a picture concerning the importance of the Church to the Carolingian monarchs. M.L.W. Laistner offers one of the very few works in English on Smaragus, one of the most important authors of the Speculum Principum. His work “The Date and the Recipient of Smaragdus’ Via Regia was published in 1928 and still proves an important piece of literature in the historiography. His supposition that the Via Regia, instead of traditionally addressing Charlemagne, addresses Louis the Pious holds great merit. This addressment to Louis confers greater power and importance to Louis because of this