ISBN:
9783110294569
,
3110294494
,
9783110294491
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (330 Seiten)
Serie:
Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture 12
DDC:
303.3/6
Schlagwort(e):
Geschichte 500-1500
;
Macht
;
Legitimität
;
Autorität
;
Authority Religious aspects
;
Christianity
;
Law, Medieval
;
Social history Medieval, 500-1500
;
Authority
;
Church history
;
Geschichte /Mittelalter
;
Macht
;
medieval history
;
medieval literature
;
Mittelalter /Kirche
;
Mittelalter /Literatur
;
power
;
Europa
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
Kurzfassung:
Medievalists reading and writing about and around authority-related themes lack clear definitions of its actual meanings in the medieval context. Authorities in the Middle Ages offers answers to this thorny issue through specialized investigations. This book considers the concept of authority and explores the various practices of creating authority in medieval society. In their studies sixteen scholars investigate the definition, formation, establishment, maintenance, and collapse of what we understand in terms of medieval struggles for authority, influence and power. The interdisciplinary nature of this volume resonates with the multi-faceted field of medieval culture, its social structures, and forms of communication. The fields of expertise include history, legal studies, theology, philosophy, politics, literature and art history. The scope of inquiry extends from late antiquity to the mid-fifteenth century, from the Church Fathers debating with pagans to the rapacious ghosts ruining the life of the living in the Sagas. There is a special emphasis on such exciting but understudied areas as the Balkans, Iceland and the eastern fringes of Scandinavia.
Anmerkung:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Nov 2018)
DOI:
10.1515/9783110294569
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110294569
URL:
http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/184923
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