In parallel to our progressing edition of the post-840 capitularies, we are organising two sessions at this year’s International Medieval Congress in Leeds. Both sessions are focusing on the Edict of Pîtres from 864, probably the best-known (and certainly the longest) of Charles the Bald’s capitularies. The sessions (nos. 115 and 215) will take place on Monday, 6 July at 11:15 and 14:15 respectively. In the first one, the following three papers will be presented:

Stefan Esders: Roman and Royal Frankish Law: Two Legal Landscapes in the Edictum Pistense

Magdalena-Maria Berkes: The 864 Edict of Pîtres and the Deposition of Pippin II of Aquitaine

Eric J. Goldberg: The Edict of Pîtres and the Problem of Rapine

For the second session we are looking forward to:

Simon MacLean: The Edict of Pîtres and the History of Medieval Fortifications

Elina Screen: All Change? The Monetary Clauses of the Edict of Pîtres and Charles the Bald’s Recoinage of 864

Sören Kaschke and Grigorii Borisov: A Big Beautiful Bill? The Transmission of the Edict of Pîtres

Anybody keen to get to know the longest-ever Carolingian capitulary a bit more – Leeds is the place to be this summer!

There are also news to report about a somewhat shorter capitulary by Charles’ grandfather and namesake: A fragment with c. 71-76 of Charlemagne’s Admonitio Generalis (BK 22) is currently on auction in London. Back in 2017, this fragment had already been on auction as well, as we reported in another blogpost back then. With regard to localising the fragment, the scriptorium of Freising is now being considered, narrowing down the previous suggestion from 2017.