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Bishops, Authority and Community in Northwestern Europe, c.1050-1150

  • Hardback
  • 300 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.8 x 2.7 cm

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For historians and enthusiasts of medieval Europe

Explores the dynamics of episcopal power and identity

You will understand the cultural impact of bishops' roles

This insightful study reveals the role of bishops in shaping authority and community in medieval Northwestern Europe.

This important new study of episcopal office and clerical identity in a socially and culturally dynamic region of medieval Europe examines the construction and representation of episcopal power and authority in the archdiocese of Reims during the dynamic and sometimes turbulent century from 1050 to 1150. Drawing on a wide range of diplomatic, hagiographical, and other narrative sources, John S. Ott considers how bishops conceived of and projected their authority collectively and individually. In examining episcopal professional identities and notions of office, he explores how prelates used textual production and their physical landscapes to craft historical narratives and consolidate local and regional memories around ideals that established themselves as not only religious authorities but cultural arbiters. This study reveals that, far from being reactive and hostile to cultural and religious change, bishops regularly grappled with and sought to affect, positively and to their advantage, new and emerging cultural and religious norms.
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Bishops, Authority and Community in Northwestern Europe, C.1050-1150Bishops, Authority and Community in Northwestern Europe, c.1050-1150

  • Title

    Bishops, Authority and Community in Northwestern Europe, c.1050-1150

  • Author

    John S. Ott

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    September 2015

  • Weight

    677g

  • Page Count

    300

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.8 x 2.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107017818

  • ISBN-10

    1107017815

  • Eden Code

    4324434

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