[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch22z5: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},"p4ch22z5","938–942: Artald, Alliances, and Early Supports","\u003Cp>To escape Robertian tutelage, Louis IV does not have enough “public force”: he must exploit rivalries among the great. From the late 930s, royal politics becomes alliance politics.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⛪ Artald and northern supports\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Louis relies on \u003Cstrong>Artald\u003C/strong>, archbishop of Reims, and on princes hostile to Hugh the Great’s supremacy, such as \u003Cstrong>Hugh the Black\u003C/strong>. He also seeks support outside the Robertian core, notably in Aquitaine with \u003Cstrong>William Towhead\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🌊 Allies “from across the Channel”\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Louis receives homage from lords who, like him, experienced England, for example \u003Cstrong>Alan Barbetorte\u003C/strong> (Brittany). He can also count on more distant loyalties, including those from the Catalan space.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧩 The pope and the forced return of homages (942)\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Despite these supports, royal power remains fragile and uneven: in the South, authority is often mostly symbolic. When great men hesitate, papal backing can serve as leverage to restore oaths and homages, notably in \u003Cstrong>942\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Louis first seeks emancipation through alliances, not force.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Artald of Reims is a political pivot as much as an ecclesiastical one.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>942 brings a reminder of fidelity duties under religious pressure.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"To escape Robertian tutelage, Louis IV does not have enough “public force”: he must exploit rivalries among the great. From the late 930s, royal politics",1778543123709]