프랑크 왕국의 추방 규정과 실제 사례에 나타난 특징

Abstract

The exile has been with mankind for a long time since Adam and Eve’s anecdote. The Expulsion which went through Ancient Greece and Rome appeared in various terms in accordance with the political and social situations of the time. It contains the contents of deprivation of citizenship, confiscation of property and confinement to a certain area. In the early Middle Ages, the Germanic peoples accepted the Roman heritage, absorbing the customs of exile that drove out those who broke the peace of the community, and defined it as the law of the kingdom. In the Merovingian dynasty, kings chose exile rather than capital punishment and sent bishops to isolated spaces such as islands and monasteries. Meanwhile, the parties who fought fiercely in the internal conflict within the Carolingian royal family tried to solve the problem through a political choice of exile. Although it was a temporary solution, the Frankish kingdom’s expulsion method of keeping alive, sending it away, imprisoning it and returning it was remarkable compared to other periods. Exile was a punishment that punishes those who commit crimes, but its contents have changed over time. It was also, on the other hand, a politically chosen strategic weapon to strengthen or maintain the power of the ruler.