Histoire des fils de Louis le Pieux. Proche et Moyen Orient The Eurasian steppes

The Eurasian steppes

This catalog begins the multi-part edition of the museum's graphic arts collection

is the sharpest of all existing stones

the reader will discover the unsuspected richness of a popular culture

Museum collections are sometimes the only way to learn about a people and their customs at a given time

Histoire des fils de Louis le Pieux. Proche et Moyen Orient The Eurasian steppesThe History of the Sons of Louis the Pious provides an exceptional, subjective but very well informed account (by a member of Charles the Bald's entourage) of the view that a great layman could have of the reign of Louis the Pious (814 840) and of the dissensions between his sons, which led to the partition of Verdun (843), thus calling into question the unity of the Carolingian Empire and setting the framework for the political geography of Europe.