Many refrain from considering the Carolingian Empire as a state system because it lacks transpersonality. However, there certainly were transpersonal institutions in Carolingian society, and they took the form of churches and families. This publication researches their internal structures and functionality as a constitutive element of the empire. In this manner, it argues that the Carolingian Empire was organized based on pre-modern principles.

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Jürgen Strothmann, University of Siegen, Germany.