On Tuesday, 30 June, the Historical Institute of Paderborn University and the Association for History and Antiquity of Westphalia, Paderborn Department, are organising a joint lecture at the LWL Museum in the Kaiserpfalz (Am Ikenberg 1, 33098 Paderborn). At 8 pm, Professor Dr Harald Müller from RWTH Aachen University will speak on the subject of "The seat of the empire: Charlemagne, his Aachen palace and his throne". Registration is not required.
Anyone who wanted to be considered the rightful Roman-German king in the Middle Ages had to sit on the throne in Charlemagne's palace in Aachen after his coronation. Professor Müller's lecture traces Charlemagne's settlement in Aachen, the manifestation of his imperial dignity in the new palace built there and the later monumentalisation of Charlemagne's ruler's personality in the "archisolium regni", the "ore seat of the empire". Afterwards there will be an opportunity for discussion.
The event is part of the lecture series organised by the Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Middle Ages and their Aftermath (IEMAN) at Paderborn University.
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