[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch22z2: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},"p4ch22","Louis IV \\\"d’Outremer\\\": Carolingian Return and the Princes’ War (936–954)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch22z2","939–942: Lotharingia and Otto I’s Arbitration","\u003Cp>For Louis IV, the East is both temptation and trap: \u003Cstrong>Lotharingia\u003C/strong> is Carolingian by inheritance, but also a theatre dominated by German power.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 939: the Lotharingian offer\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>939\u003C/strong>, Duke \u003Cstrong>Giselbert\u003C/strong> of Lotharingia, breaking with \u003Cstrong>Otto I\u003C/strong>, seeks support and turns to Louis. The king crosses the eastern marches and receives homages on the road: the move aims to widen his base and reduce dependence on Hugh the Great.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>💍 Alliance and Ottonian pressure\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Giselbert’s death changes the situation. Louis strengthens position through marriage to \u003Cstrong>Gerberga of Saxony\u003C/strong>, linked to the Ottonian dynasty. But Otto I does not tolerate a “Carolingian” Lotharingia: he supports hostile coalitions in West Francia and weighs directly on the politics of bishoprics and strongholds.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🤝 942: Otto becomes the arbiter\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>After years of crisis, stabilisation passes through arbitration: Otto can propose reconciliation and “freeze” a princes’ war that threatens to erase royal authority. Peace here is not victory: it is an exit from crisis.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Lotharingia attracts Louis but triggers Otto I’s reaction.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The East imposes a durable external constraint on western kingship.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Around 942, balance comes through arbitration more than conquest.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"For Louis IV, the East is both temptation and trap: Lotharingia is Carolingian by inheritance, but also a theatre dominated by German power.",1778543123602]