[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch22z8: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},"p4ch22z8","946: Reims Restored and the Return Under Ottonian Control","\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>946\u003C/strong>, the crisis turns: Ottonian intervention restores part of royal positions, but it also places western kingship under a new dependence.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🛡️ An eastern army in West Francia\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Otto I\u003C/strong> and \u003Cstrong>Conrad III of Burgundy\u003C/strong> raise an army. It tries to take \u003Cstrong>Laon\u003C/strong>, then \u003Cstrong>Senlis\u003C/strong>, then enters \u003Cstrong>Reims\u003C/strong>. External support is decisive: without it, the king cannot break the princes’ coalition.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>✝️ Artald restored at Reims\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The rival archbishop flees and \u003Cstrong>Artald\u003C/strong> is restored after years of exclusion. Narratives stress the solemnity of the restoration: Reims again becomes a pivot of Carolingian legitimacy.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚔️ A victory that costs autonomy\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Months later, Louis joins the Ottonian camp against \u003Cstrong>Hugh the Great\u003C/strong> and allies. The king regains room for manoeuvre, but the price is clear: \u003Cstrong>Otto becomes the arbiter\u003C/strong>. Kingship is restored through external protection, not through its own strength.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>946 is a turning point: Reims is recovered, but balance depends on Otto.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Ottonian protection saves the king while framing him.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"In 946 , the crisis turns: Ottonian intervention restores part of royal positions, but it also places western kingship under a new dependence.",1778543123817]