Die liturgische Gegenwart des abwesenden Königs : Gebetsverbrüderung und Herrscherbild im frühen Mittelalter / / von Wolfgang Eric Wagner.

• Superior document: Brill's series on the early Middle Ages (continuation of The transformation of the Roman world), v. 19
• Author: Wagner, Wolfgang Eric.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: German
• Series: Brill's series on the early Middle Ages ; v. 19.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Notes: Revision of the author's Habilitationsschrift--Universität Rostock, 2008/2009.
• Other title: Vorläufige Material /; 1. Kapitel /; 2. Kapitel /; 3. Kapitel /; 4. Kapitel /; 5. Kapitel /; 6. Kapitel /; Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis /; Index der Personen- und Ortsnamen /; Abbildungen /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283120038; 9786613120038; 9004189246
• ISSN: 1878-4879
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: von Wolfgang Eric Wagner.

It has for decades been part of the canon of maxims of basic research that most images of rulers in early medieval book illustrations have been transmitted in liturgical manuscripts, id est manuscripts originally intended for divine worship. There have however to date been few investigations which draw serious consequences from this and which also view miniatures of rulers in the light of their functional aspects, for example as ‘memorial depictions’ (O.G. Oexle), or on the basis of the social reality of the pious motives behind their presentation. This study gives a more precise explanation of the function and purpose of ruler-images by examining a few selected early medieval miniatures. It analyzes the historical and social contexts of their genesis and the liturgical and commemorative aims of their use against the setting of the social form of remembrance of confraternity.