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Lupus of Ferrieres

出版	King's College, London, 1992
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tYBnMwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Since the first printed edition of the letters of Lupus of Ferrieres in 1588, there have been seven further editions and several biographical studies. The most important contributions to the study of Lupus this century are Levillain's 1927 edition of the letters, his preparatory articles in the EEC and Von Severus' biographical study. Since then no major work has been attempted, except for Nusbaum's unpublished thesis (1977) and Marshall's 1984 edition of the Latin text. The time is right, therefore, for a broad critical reappraisal of the letters and of the man. -- A study of the diverse interests of the two scribes who annotated the letter-manuscript has broken new ground, throwing light upon the working of the Ferrieres schoolroom and providing grounds for a re¬assessment of the dating of the compilation and the authorship of certain letters. A study of the circumstances surrounding Lupus' promotion to the abbatiate and of his campaign to regain St. Judoc has led to a more general study of patronage and clientage in the ninth century, as well as showing the dual role played by Lupus. -- The civil wars that followed the death of Louis the Pious in 840 and the invasion of Charles the Bald's kingdom by his brother Louis of Germany in 858 have been re--examined from Lupus1 perspective. A detailed prosopographical study of his relatives and of his paternal and maternal ancestors has established his Bavarian origins and suggested maternal connections with the family of the Robertines. A discussion about the date of his death and the nature of his two illnesses concludes the main part of the work. -- The thesis also contains two appendices: a new list of the abbots of Ferrieres from its sixth-century origins to the end of the tenth century and a compilation of all the references to Lupus in contemporary and near--contemporary sources.