The decades after the death of Louis II has been traditionally intended as the first great crisis of the Carolingian politics in Italy, in which war paved the way to the break-down sealed by the year 888. The aim of this chapter is to study royal diplomas addressed to two italian recipients through a time of political turmoil: the sees of Arezzo and Parma in order to study the ways in which political communication was built by the different kings and emperors between 875 and 924. Moreover, the study of royal praecepta will consent the interpretation of the local responses to the challenges of politics and the ways in which memory was constructed by two of the most significant italian bishoprics during the Carolingian period.