Another interesting Frankish capitulary document dates back to 817 and is the Ordinance of Louis the Pious regarding the Division of the Empire. It begins with the words (check out the letters on top too):
“Divisio imperii domni Hludowici inter dilectos filios suos inter Hlotharium et videlicet et Pippinum et Hludowicum anno quarto imperii sui.”
It contains a reference to the Slavs:
“2. Likewise we will that Louis shall have Bavaria and Carinthia, and the Bohemians, Avars, and Slavs, who are on the eastern side of Bavaria; and furthermore, two demesne towns to do service to him, in the county of Nortgau, Lauterburg and Ingolstadt.”
“2. Item Hludowicus volumes ut habeat Baioariam et Carentanos et Bheimos et Avaros atque Sclavos qui ab orientali parte Baioariae sunt, et insuper duas villas dominicales ad suum servitium in pago Nortgaoe Luttfraof et Ingoldesstat.”
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