Notions of belonging in the tenth century: the example of Abbo of Saint-Germain and the ‘natio Tungrorum’
In the long tenth century various horizontal and vertical bonds as well as social and political boundaries were changed due to the fragmentation of the Carolingian empire which produced a variety of power relationships. These offered multiple possibilities of adherence to social entities which their contemporaries could align themselves with, or be assigned to. New…