Rainier, Raimon V of Toulouse, Alphonso II of Aragon, and Boniface of Montferrat. It
would appear that Peire made a collection of his own songs, which he arranged in
roughly chronological order.
Elizabeth W.Poe
[See also: TROUBADOUR POETRY]
Peire Vidal. Peire Vidal: poesie, ed. D’Arco Silvio Avalle. 2 vols. Milan: Ricciardi, 1960.
——. Les poésies de Peire Vidal, ed. Joseph Anglade. Paris: Champion, 1923.
PÈLERINAGE DE CHARLEMAGNE.
See VOYAGE DE CHARLEMAGNE A JÉRUSALEM ET A CONSTANTINOPLE
PEPIN
. Frankish leaders of the Carolingian family. Among Charlemagne’s ancestors, three
named Pepin were especially distinguished by their political authority among the Franks.
Pepin I of Landen (Pepin the Old or the Elder; d. ca. 640) founded the family of the
Arnulfings or the Pippinids, later known as the Carolingians, through the arranged
marriage of his daughter, Begga, to Ansegisel, the son of Arnulf of Metz (d. ca. 645).
Pepin was named mayor of the palace (major domus) of Austrasia by the Merovingian
king Clotar II of Neustria (r. 584–629), for having assisted the monarch to unite the
kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria. During his mayoralty, the office grew into the most
powerful position in the Frankish territories, equaling or surpassing the royal throne in
importance.
After the murder of Pepin’s son and successor, Grimoald in 656, the Pippinids lost
control of the Austrasian mayoralty; but in 687, Pepin II of Heristal, duke of Austrasia
and Grimoald’s nephew, led the Austrasian army to victory over the Neustrians and
became mayor of the palace in both regions. From this post, he gradually strengthened his
authority over all the Merovingian kingdoms, through his support of the church,
manipulation of ecclesiastical posts, and military campaigns.
Pepin III (the Short; d. 768) and Carloman I (d. 754), grandsons of Pepin II, each
inherited half the Frankish territories on the death in 741 of their father, Charles Martel,
mayor in the united realm. The two brothers cooperated closely in governing their lands;
in 743, they together placed another Merovingian, Childeric III, on the royal throne,
empty since 737. In 747, however, Carloman felt called to a religious life and abdicated;
Pepin became mayor of the entire kingdom. Having deposed Childeric, a move supported
by Pope Zachary I, Pepin was acclaimed king in November 751. During a visit to Francia
in 754, Pope Stephen II anointed the new monarch along with his wife and sons, Charles
(later Charlemagne; 742–814) and Carloman II (d. 771). In recognition of the hope that
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