Louis I on the Web
Biography
Louis the Pious
Concise, well-hyperlinked bio at Wikipedia.Louis I, the Pious, Frankish Emperor
Hyperlinked genealogical connections precede a brief biography at Imperium.Charles' Successors: Louis the Pious
Brief overview of Louis' reign by Dr. E.L. Skip Knox at his History of Western Civilization site.
Bibliography
The Reign of Louis the Pious
Bibliography of print resources at The Board of the Medieval Institute.
Primary Sources
The Ordinance of Louis the Pius Division of the Empire of the Year 817
Extract from Altmann und Bernheim, " Ausgewahlte Urkunden," p. 12. Berlin, 1891, at Yale Law School's Avalon Project.Emperor Louis the Pious: On Tithes, 817
Extract from A Source Book for Medieval Economic History at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.Louis the Pious: Grant of Minting Coins to Abbey of Corvey, 833
Extract from A Source Book for Medieval Economic History at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.
Images
Louis the Pious and envoys
Manuscript illumination at Bibliothèque nationale de France; click the graphic for a larger version of the image.Coronation of Louis the Pious
Manuscript illumination at Bibliothèque nationale de France; click the graphic for a larger version of the image on the left."The Praise of the Holy Cross" - c. 840AD
This image is interactive; click on a portion for more info in a pop-up window. Provided at Geoffrey G. Koziol's website for his Medieval Europe course at U.C. Berkeley.
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