Authorities in the Middle Ages : : Influence, Legitimacy, and Power in Medieval Society /

Authorities in the Middle Ages : : Influence, Legitimacy, and Power in Medieval Society / / ed. by Sini Kangas, Mia Korpiola, Tuija Ainonen.

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Medievalists reading and writing about and around authority-related themes lack clear definitions of its actual meanings in the medieval context. Authorities in the Middle Ages offers answers to this thorny issue through specialized investigations. This book considers the concept of authority and ex...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
HerausgeberIn:
Ainonen, Tuija,
Kangas, Sini,
Korpiola, Mia,
MitwirkendeR:
Bagge, Sverre,
Bradley, Jill,
Bratu, Cristian,
Classen, Albrecht,
Grandjean, Johnny,
Grant, Ken,
Jakobsen, Gøgsig,
Kahlos, Maijastina,
Kanerva, Kirsi,
Kangas, Sini,
Madden, Mollie M.,
Németh, Csaba,
Otto, Sean A.,
Sutherland-Harris, Robin,
Vainio, Charlotte,
Vukovich, Alexandra F.,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture , 12
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Physical Description:1 online resource (315 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Authority of the Written Word, the Sacred Object, and the Spoken Word: A Highly Contested Discourse in the Middle Ages
  • Authority and the Church
  • “But Our Customs are Older”: The Authority of Antiquity in Late Antique Debates (in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries C.E.)
  • A Divine Mandate: Pope Gregory VII’s Defense of Papal Authority
  • A Great Stirring of Hearts or Papal Inspiration? Contesting Popular Authority in the Preaching of the First Crusade
  • Fabricating Philosophical Authority in the Twelfth Century: The Liber Egerimion and the De septem septenis
  • Adapting Authority: The Harrowing of Hell on Two Romanesque Baptismal Fonts
  • Authority, Text, and Genre in Accounts of Diocesan Struggle: The Bishops of Bath and Glastonbury and the Uses of Cartulary Evidence
  • “What Jesus means is …”: The Dominican Order as Theological Authority for Laity and Clergy in Medieval Northern Europe
  • Predestination and the Two Cities: The Authority of Augustine and the Nature of the Church in Giles of Rome and John Wyclif
  • Secular Authority
  • From Fist to Scepter: Authority in Norway in the Middle Ages
  • “Je, aucteur de ce livre”: Authorial Persona and Authority in French Medieval Histories and Chronicles
  • Rituals for the Restless Dead: The Authority of the Deceased in Medieval Iceland
  • Marco Polo and John Mandeville: The Traveler as Authority Figure, the Real and the Imaginary
  • Motherhood as Authority in the Life of Queen Helen by Archbishop Daniel II
  • Symbols and Soldiers: English Royal Authority in Gascony, 1355–1356
  • Empowered Spouses: Matrimonial Legal Authority in Sweden 1350–1442
  • Contributors
  • Index

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