
Patterns of Episcopal Power
Bishops in Tenth and Eleventh Century Western Europe
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. August 2011
Book
Hardback
226 pages
978-3-11-026202-5 (ISBN)
Description
In medieval Europe, the death of a king could not only cause a dispute about the succession, but also a severe crisis. In times of a vacant throne particular responsibility fell to the bishops - whose general importance for the time around the first milennium has been revealed by recent scholarship - as royal counsellors and policy makers. This volume therefore concentrates on the bishops' room for manoeuvre and the patterns of episcopal power, focusing on the Eastern Frankish Reich and Anglo-Saxon England in a comparative approach which is not least based upon the research of a renowned medievalist, Timothy Reuter. His article about "A Europe of Bishops" ("Ein Europa der Bischöfe") is presented in English translation for the first time.
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Language
English
German
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
501 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-026202-5 (9783110262025)
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Ludger Körntgen | Dominik Waßenhoven
Patterns of Episcopal Power
Bishops in Tenth and Eleventh Century Western Europe
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1st Edition
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Persons
Ludger Körntgen, Dominik Waßenhoven, University of Bayreuth, Germany.