Austrasian Court

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The Austrasian court was the royal administrative and diplomatic center of Austrasia, the northeastern Frankish kingdom of the Merovingian dynasty, seated primarily at Metz with Reims as an earlier capital. It appears in the corpus as the institutional sender and recipient of much of the Epistolae Austrasicae, a collection of roughly 48 letters compiled in the late sixth century that preserves the official and diplomatic correspondence of Austrasian kings, queens, and bishops, including exchanges with the Roman (Eastern) imperial court at Constantinople over the alliance against the Lombards in Italy. Rather than a single individual, this entry represents the chancery and ruling circle, encompassing figures such as Kings Theudebert I, Sigibert I, and Childebert II, Queen Brunhild, and prelates and officials around them, whose letters illuminate Frankish-imperial diplomacy and the texture of post-Roman governance in late sixth-century Gaul.
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Letters sent
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Letters received
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Total letters
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All letters (67)

To Austrasian Courtc. 540 AD

The matter of the church properties in the disputed region requires a decision, and we are writing to ask for your...

epistulae austrasicae #9
To Austrasian Courtc. 545 AD

To our trusted friend and representative,

epistulae austrasicae #10
To Austrasian Courtc. 550 AD

From the court of the Frankish king to our honored friend,

epistulae austrasicae #19
From Nicetius of Trierc. 555 AD

I address you collectively because the matter I raise concerns the court as a whole and because the support of the...

epistulae austrasicae #7
To Austrasian Courtc. 555 AD

To our loyal servant and administrator,

epistulae austrasicae #20
To Austrasian Courtc. 557 AD

To our trusted servant in the king's service,

epistulae austrasicae #21
To Austrasian Courtc. 558 AD

To our honored friend and correspondent in the service of the Roman Emperor,

epistulae austrasicae #22
To Austrasian Courtc. 559 AD

To the count of the eastern march,

epistulae austrasicae #23
To Austrasian Courtc. 561 AD

To the abbot of the monastery of Saint Martin and the abbot of the monastery of the Holy Cross,

epistulae austrasicae #24
To Austrasian Courtc. 562 AD

To our friends at the court of [the neighboring king],

epistulae austrasicae #25
To Austrasian Courtc. 563 AD

To our beloved bishops assembled in council,

epistulae austrasicae #26
To Austrasian Courtc. 565 AD

To the administrator of the royal estates in the Moselle valley,

epistulae austrasicae #27
To Austrasian Courtc. 566 AD

To our honored friends at the court of the Lombard king,

epistulae austrasicae #28
To Austrasian Courtc. 567 AD

To our beloved bishop and faithful servant of God,

epistulae austrasicae #29
To Austrasian Courtc. 569 AD

To the imperial representative and ambassador of the most pious Emperor,

epistulae austrasicae #30
To Austrasian Courtc. 570 AD

To our faithful count serving the king's justice in the eastern territories,

epistulae austrasicae #31
To Austrasian Courtc. 571 AD

To the bishop in whose diocese the newly founded monastery of the Holy Mother of God is situated,

epistulae austrasicae #32
To Austrasian Courtc. 572 AD

To our friend and neighbor,

epistulae austrasicae #33
To Austrasian Courtc. 574 AD

To our beloved bishops and abbots throughout the kingdom of Austrasia,

epistulae austrasicae #34
To Austrasian Courtc. 575 AD

To our faithful magnates and counts in the service of the Austrasian king,

epistulae austrasicae #35
To Austrasian Courtc. 576 AD

The troubles within the Frankish kingdoms that have brought grief to all Christians are a matter on which we seek...

epistulae austrasicae #36
To Austrasian Courtc. 578 AD

To the representatives of the most pious Emperor,

epistulae austrasicae #37
To Austrasian Courtc. 579 AD

To our newly appointed administrator of the eastern territories,

epistulae austrasicae #38
To Austrasian Courtc. 580 AD

To our beloved bishops and clergy,

epistulae austrasicae #39
To Austrasian Courtc. 582 AD

To the most honored representative of the Empire,

epistulae austrasicae #40
To Austrasian Courtc. 583 AD

To our faithful judge and administrator,

epistulae austrasicae #41
To Austrasian Courtc. 584 AD

To the imperial ambassador and our honored friend,

epistulae austrasicae #42
To Austrasian Courtc. 585 AD

To our trusted counselor and administrator,

epistulae austrasicae #43
To Austrasian Courtc. 587 AD

To the imperial representative,

epistulae austrasicae #44
From Brunhildc. 588 AD

From Queen Brunhild to our faithful servants and administrators,

epistulae austrasicae #17
To Austrasian Courtc. 588 AD

To our faithful bishops assembled in the Frankish church,

epistulae austrasicae #45
To Austrasian Courtc. 589 AD

To our honored friend and representative of [the neighboring king],

epistulae austrasicae #46
From Childebert IIc. 590 AD

Childebert, king of the Franks, to our beloved bishops, abbots, counts, and all faithful subjects, greetings.

epistulae austrasicae #18
To Austrasian Courtc. 591 AD

To our beloved bishops and especially to those in correspondence with the see of Rome,

epistulae austrasicae #47
To Austrasian Courtc. 592 AD

To all those who serve the Frankish kingdom and its king,

epistulae austrasicae #48