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W altharius and C arolingian morality: satire and lay values
Author(s) -
Stone Rachel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
early medieval europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1468-0254
pISSN - 0963-9462
DOI - 10.1111/emed.12009
Subject(s) - pride , poetry , ninth , morality , context (archaeology) , mainstream , literature , history , art , philosophy , theology , epistemology , archaeology , physics , acoustics
Some recent interpretations of the early medieval Latin poem W altharius have seen it as offering a clerical critique of warrior culture. While the poem is difficult to date accurately, it seems more likely to belong to the ninth than the tenth century. When the poem is analysed in the context of contemporary Frankish works providing moral instruction to lay noblemen, its attitudes towards pride, wealth and warfare can be shown to lie within the mainstream of C arolingian reformers' thought. The notoriously bloody ending to the poem is also best seen as emphasizing Walter's successful heroism rather than undermining it.

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