궁정 작가와 귀족 여성의 ‘정치적 우애’로 보는 카롤루스 궁정 문화

Abstract

Through Carolus Magnus’ four successive marriages and cohabitations, the court of Carolus established itself as a close-knit kinship community crowded with sons, daughters, and grandchildren. Carolus Magnus, the so-called head of the three generations, did not want his beloved daughters to marry. However, the court of Carolus began to be filled with the daughters of Carolus Magnus and those who supported them or had a special relationship with them. The daughters of Carolus Magnus, who had the closest contact with their great father(pater optimus) at the court of Carolus, developed their own personal network and political influence through informal relationships. The ‘political friendship(amicitia)’ between the noble women of the Carolingian court and the court writers began to create new changes within the Carolingian court. The beloved daughters of Carolus Magnus, who were born and raised at the court of Carolus, could not escape the patriarchal order of Carolus Magnus. As their father intended, the beautiful women could not leave the court like decorations that beautified the Carolus court and were like a kind of display that visually showed the power and wealth of the Carolus Empire. The death of his great father, Carolus Magnus, in 814 brought about a seismic change in the Carolingian court, the heart of the Carolingian Empire and a place of political memory. Ludovicus, the pious king, brought out from the center of the court his sisters who had beautifully illuminated the court. In this study, we trace the political moves of the wives and beloved daughters of Carolus Magnus, who led court culture, through the eyes of the 8th and 9th century Carolus court poets and biographer. This study seeks to reexamine the political dynamics and conflicts between the women who filled the court of Carolus and their political supporters or lovers, and furthermore, the political and historical meaning of the culture of the court of Carolus.