Patterns of Episcopal Power
Bishops in Tenth and Eleventh Century Western Europe
1st Edition
Published on 29. August 2011
226 pages
978-3-11-026203-2 (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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Patterns of Episcopal Power
Bishops in Tenth and Eleventh Century Western Europe
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Ludger Körntgen, Dominik Waßenhoven, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Content
1 - Preface [Seite 6]
2 - Contents [Seite 8]
3 - Abkürzungsverzeichnis/List of Abbreviations [Seite 10]
4 - Introduction [Seite 12]
5 - A Europe of Bishops. The Age of Wulfstan of York and Burchard of Worms [Seite 18]
6 - Monition and Advice as Elements of Politics [Seite 40]
7 - The Changing Political Horizons of gesta episcoporum from the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries [Seite 52]
8 - Bedrängte und belohnte Bischöfe. Recht und Politik als Parameter bischüflichen Handelns bei Willigis von Mainz und anderen [Seite 64]
9 - Swaying Bishops and the Succession of Kings [Seite 90]
10 - Bishops and Succession Crises in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century England [Seite 112]
11 - Royal Women and Transitions. Emma and Ælfgifu in 1035-1042/1043 [Seite 128]
12 - Two Anglo-Saxon Bishops at Work. Wulfstan, Leofric and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 190 [Seite 146]
13 - Selective Bibliography on Bishops in Medieval Europe, from 1980 to the present day [Seite 164]
13.1 - Editions, Translations, Regesta and Series episcoporum [Seite 164]
13.2 - Comprehensive and Comparative Studies [Seite 167]
13.3 - Studies on Anglo-Saxon England [Seite 176]
13.4 - Studies on the Ottonian-Salian Kingdom [Seite 185]
14 - Autorenverzeichnis/List of Contributors [Seite 226]
2 - Contents [Seite 8]
3 - Abkürzungsverzeichnis/List of Abbreviations [Seite 10]
4 - Introduction [Seite 12]
5 - A Europe of Bishops. The Age of Wulfstan of York and Burchard of Worms [Seite 18]
6 - Monition and Advice as Elements of Politics [Seite 40]
7 - The Changing Political Horizons of gesta episcoporum from the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries [Seite 52]
8 - Bedrängte und belohnte Bischöfe. Recht und Politik als Parameter bischüflichen Handelns bei Willigis von Mainz und anderen [Seite 64]
9 - Swaying Bishops and the Succession of Kings [Seite 90]
10 - Bishops and Succession Crises in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century England [Seite 112]
11 - Royal Women and Transitions. Emma and Ælfgifu in 1035-1042/1043 [Seite 128]
12 - Two Anglo-Saxon Bishops at Work. Wulfstan, Leofric and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 190 [Seite 146]
13 - Selective Bibliography on Bishops in Medieval Europe, from 1980 to the present day [Seite 164]
13.1 - Editions, Translations, Regesta and Series episcoporum [Seite 164]
13.2 - Comprehensive and Comparative Studies [Seite 167]
13.3 - Studies on Anglo-Saxon England [Seite 176]
13.4 - Studies on the Ottonian-Salian Kingdom [Seite 185]
14 - Autorenverzeichnis/List of Contributors [Seite 226]
