Bishops in the Long Tenth Century
Author | : Brigitte Meijns |
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Release | : 2019 |
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Author | : Brigitte Meijns |
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Release | : 2019 |
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Author | : Anna Trumbore Jones |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2017-03-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1351893920 |
In the period following the collapse of the Carolingian Empire up to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), the episcopate everywhere in Europe experienced substantial and important change, brought about by a variety of factors: the pressures of ecclesiastical reform; the devolution and recovery of royal authority; the growth of papal involvement in regional matters and in diocesan administration; the emergence of the "crowd" onto the European stage around 1000 and the proliferation of autonomous municipal governments; the explosion of new devotional and religious energies; the expansion of Christendom's borders; and the proliferation of new monastic orders and new forms of religious life, among other changes. This socio-political, religious, economic, and cultural ferment challenged bishops, often in unaccustomed ways. How did the medieval bishop, unquestionably one of the most powerful figures of the Middle Ages, respond to these and other historical changes? Somewhat surprisingly, this question has seldom been answered from the bishop's perspective. This volume of interdisciplinary studies, drawn from literary scholarship, art history, canon law, and history, seeks to break scholarship of the medieval episcopacy free from the ideological stasis imposed by the study of church reform and episcopal lordship. The editors and contributors propose less a conventional socio-political reading of the episcopate and more of a cultural reading of bishops that is particularly concerned with issues such as episcopal (self-)representation, conceptualization of office and authority, cultural production (images, texts, material objects, space) and ecclesiology/ideology. They contend that ideas about episcopal office and conduct were conditioned by and contingent upon time, place and pastoral constituency. What made a "good" bishop in one time and place may not have sufficed for another time and place and imposing the absolute standards of prescriptive ideologies, medieval and modern, obfuscates rather than clarifies our understanding of the medieval bishop and his world.
Author | : Joseph Armitage Robinson |
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Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Anglo-Saxons |
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Author | : Barbara Yorke |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780851157054 |
Æthelwold was a major figure in the ecclesiastical and political life of 10th-century England. This much-need appraisal of his life and work views him as monastic reformer, scholar and teacher.
Author | : Anna Trumbore Jones |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2009-08-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9047443713 |
This book examines the range of bishops’ activities in tenth- and eleventh-century southwest France, as they ruled their cathedrals, interacted with lay powers, patronized religious communities, and wrestled with the complex nature of their office.
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Total Pages | : 2 |
Release | : 183? |
Genre | : Papacy |
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Author | : J Armitage 1858-1933 Robinson |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
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ISBN | : 9781022751118 |
This historical study offers a fascinating look at the Saxon bishops of Wells during the tenth century. The book provides valuable insights into the religious and political landscape of the time, making it an essential read for anyone interested in this fascinating period of history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Heinrich Fichtenau |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226246213 |
"Fichtenau delivers a fascinating view of tenth-century Europe on the eve of the second millenium. He writes this hoping we, on the eve of the third millennium, will take time also to look at who we are and at our world. . . . This engaging book lucidly carries the reader through an amazing amount of material. Medieval scholars will find it resourceful and challenging; the nonscholar will find it fascinating and enlightening."—A. L. Kolp, Choice "Living in the Tenth Century resembles an anthropological field study more than a conventional historical monograph, and represents a far more ambitious attempt to see behind the surface of avowals and events than others have seriously attempted even for much more voluminously documented periods. . . . It is remarkably rich and readable."—R.I. Moore, Times Higher Education Supplement "Fichtenau offers a magnificent survey of all the main spheres of life: the social order, the rural economy, schooling and religious belief and practice in both the secular and monastic church. His command, especially of the narrative sources, their fine nuances of attitude emotion and underlying norms, is masterly and he employs them here with all the sensitiveness and feel for the subject that have always been the hallmarks of his work."—Karl Leyser, Francia
Author | : Maureen C. Miller |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2018-09-05 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1501728202 |
This lavishly illustrated book looks at the art and architecture of episcopal palaces as expressions of power and ideology. Tracing the history of the bishop's residence in the urban centers of northern Italy over the Middle Ages, Maureen C. Miller asks why this once rudimentary and highly fortified structure called a domus became a complex and elegant "palace" (palatium) by the late twelfth century. Miller argues that the change reflects both the emergence of a distinct clerical culture and the attempts of bishops to maintain authority in public life. She relates both to the Gregorian reform movement, which set new standards for clerical deportment and at the same time undercut episcopal claims to secular power. As bishops lost temporal authority in their cities to emerging communal governments, they compensated architecturally and competed with the communes for visual and spatial dominance in the urban center. This rivalry left indelible marks on the layout and character of Italian cities.Moreover, Miller contends, this struggle for power had highly significant, but mixed, results for western Christianity. On the one hand, as bishops lost direct governing authority in their cities, they devised ways to retain status, influence, and power through cultural practices. This response to loss was highly creative. On the other hand, their loss of secular control led bishops to emphasize their spiritual powers and to use them to obtain temporal ends. The coercive use of spiritual authority contributed to the emergence of a "persecuting society" in the central Middle Ages.
Author | : Alison Hudson |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Bishops |
ISBN | : 1783276851 |
An exploration of how Æthelwold and those he influenced deployed the promotion of saints to implement religious reform.