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The '''Capitularies of Charles the Bald''' represent a series of acts implemented by [[Charles the Bald|King Charles]] to decide and promulgate laws governing public affairs.  [[Capitulary|Capitularies]] were used extensively by the Merovingian and Carolingian rulers (see the [[Carolingian Empire#Capitularies|Capitularies of Charlemagne]]) to provide guidance to counts and their subordinate officers in the far-flung reaches of the empire.<ref>Christian Pfister (1911). "[[wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Capitulary|Capitulary]]" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. '''5.''' (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 282-283.</ref>
[[Hincmar]], as chief advisor to Charles, was particularly adept at coordinating and disseminating the capitularies, soliciting maximum input from all sources.  While numerous capitularies were issued by Charles, two important ones stand out:
* [[Capitulary of Servais]] of 854, dispatching ''[[Missus dominicus|Missi]]'' to protect and secure the realm
* [[Capitulary of Quierzy]] of 877, providing guidance for protecting the realm during Charles’ absence.
A complete list of capitularies was provided by [[Jacques Sirmond]] in his 1623 history.
==See also==
* [[Treaty of Coulaines]]
==References==
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== Sources ==
* Nelson, Janet Laughland, ''Charles the Bald'', Longman Press, 1992
* Herlihy, David (Editor), ''The History of Feudalism'', Springer, 1971 (available on [https://books.google.com/books?id=63OxCwAAQBAJ&dq=Capitulary+of+Quierzy&pg=PA106 Google Books])
* Jacques Sirmond, ''Karoli Calvi et successorum aliquot Franciae regum capitula'', 1623
* ''Capitulary'', [[wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Capitulary|The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th Edition]], Cambridge, 1911
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