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Title Authorities in the Middle Ages : influence, legitimacy, and power in medieval society / edited by Sini Kangas, Mia Korpiola and Tuija Ainonen.

Publication Info. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 321 pages :) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture, 1864-3396 ; v. 12
Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ; 12.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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; With a Focus on the Poet Wolfram von Eschenbach and the Mystic Hildegard von Bingen; 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 septenisAdapting 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.
Summary Authorities in the Middle Ages investigates the definition, establishment, maintenance, and collapse of medieval authority from antiquity to the mid-fifteenth century. The interdisciplinary approach resonates with the multi-faceted field of medieval culture, its social structures, and various forms of communication, including the area of history, legal studies, theology, philosophy, politics, literature, and art history. There is a special emphasis on such exciting but understudied areas as the Balkans, Iceland and the eastern fringes of Scandinavia.
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Subject Law, Medieval.
Law, Medieval.
Authority -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Authority -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
Chronological Term 500 - 1500
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kangas, Sini.
Korpiola, Mia.
Ainonen, Tuija, 1972-
Other Form: Print version: Korpiola, Mia. Authorities in the Middle Ages : Influence, Legitimacy, and Power in Medieval Society. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2013 9783110294491
ISBN 9783110294569 (electronic book)
3110294567 (electronic book)
3110294494 (alkaline paper)
9783110294491 (alkaline paper)
9783110294491 (alkaline paper)