Symbols as power : : the papacy following the investiture contest / / by Mary Stroll.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 24
• VerfasserIn: Stroll, Mary,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1991.
• Year of Publication: 1991
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 24.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (307 pages) :; illustrations.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Chapter 1. Calixtus II: Imperial Motifs in Santa Maria in Cosmedin /; Chapter 2. The Lateran: Antipopes as Footstools /; Chapter 3. Calixtus Triumphant: St. Chrysogonus and St. Peter's /; Chapter 4. Liturgy and Ceremony /; Chapter 5. The Coronations of 1111 As the Background for Ordo C /; Chapter 6. Calixtus as the Author of Ordo C /; Chapter 7. Honorius II and the Pierleoni /; Chapter 8. Papal Thrones and the Apse Fresco in San Lorenzo in Lucina /; Chapter 9. The Apse Mosaic in San Clemente /; Chapter 10. The Apse Fresco in the Chapel of St. Nicholas in the Lateran Palace /; Chapter 11. The Altar of Augustus in Santa Maria in Capitoiio /; Chapter 12. Innocent II: Santa Maria in Trastevere /; Chapter 13. Innocent II: The Imperial Pope /; Chapter 14. The Aftermath of the Lateran Frescoes and St. Peter's /; Chapter 15. A Dip in the Curve /; Bibliography /; Index /; Illustrations /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004246738
• ISSN: 0920-8607
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Mary Stroll.

Symbols as Power deals with the period between the end of the Investiture Contest in 1122 and the re-establishment of the Roman Senate in 1143. It was a time of transition when popes had to chart new policies relating to the church and the empire. This study concentrates on information encoded in such media as art, architecture, ecclesiastical furniture, pageantry and liturgy. Combined with written sources it analyzes the ideology and policies of each of the four popes reigning in this period. In some cases they manipulated these media as propaganda, and in others their views were less consciously subsumed in the object or ceremony. Strong currents drew the papacy in opposite directions - back towards its apostolic origins, and forward toward a more secular, imperial papacy. All of the popes but one chose the path leading to papal monarchy at the end of the century. Anaclet II, who lost the battle for recognition as pope in the schism of 1130-1138, identified more with the paleochristian church and its religious orientation. This book illuminates a crucial moment in the papal quest for reform and power in both the ecclesiastical and secular spheres. Not only scholars in the field, but also advanced and graduate students interested in iconography and papal politics will find it provocative and enlightening.