[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch13z2:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":14,"zoom":17},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"range":8,"rangeEn":8,"rangeEs":8,"cover":9},"p4","Early Middle Ages","Alta Edad Media","476 → 987",{"fileName":10,"filePageUrl":11,"imageUrl":12,"sourceLabel":13},"François Louis Dejuinne 08265 baptême de CLovis.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois%20Louis%20Dejuinne%2008265%20bapt%C3%AAme%20de%20CLovis.JPG","/assets/p4-haut-moyen-age-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":15,"title":16},"p4ch13","Louis the Pious: The Empire Put to the Test (814–840)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch13z2","833: The \\\"Field of Lies\\\"","\u003Cp>The \u003Cstrong>“Field of Lies”\u003C/strong> (\u003Cem>Campus Mendacii\u003C/em>) is the name given by the sources to a dramatic moment of the Carolingian civil war. In \u003Cstrong>June 833\u003C/strong>, Louis the Pious is abandoned by many supporters and forced to submit to his sons.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏟️ An army that dissolves\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Lothair returns from Italy with an army and joins his brothers against their father. Pope \u003Cstrong>Gregory IV\u003C/strong> is present, showing how religious authority can weigh on imperial politics.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>On the field, Louis’s allies abandon him one after another. The emperor, isolated, cannot fight.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 Deposition and humiliation\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>After the surrender, Judith is taken away and Charles is placed in the monastery of \u003Cstrong>Prüm\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>November 833\u003C/strong>, at \u003Cstrong>Soissons\u003C/strong>, Louis undergoes a public penance and is forced to abdicate imperial dignity.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🔁 A reversal\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The story does not end there: the princes cannot maintain durable unity, coalitions shift again, and Louis is restored as emperor the following year.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>The “Field of Lies” is less a battle than a collapse of loyalties.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>It shows how imperial power depends on aristocratic and ecclesiastical support.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>It foreshadows the long disintegration of Carolingian unity.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"The “Field of Lies” ( Campus Mendacii ) is the name given by the sources to a dramatic moment of the Carolingian civil war. In June 833 , Louis the Pious is",1778543119094]