Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West: Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
About the Book Series
The series Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West reflects the central concerns necessary for any in-depth study of the medieval Church - greater cultural awareness and interdisciplinarity. Including both monographs and edited collections, this series draws on the most innovative work from established and younger scholars alike, offering a balance of interests, vertically through the period from c.400 to c.1500 or horizontally across Latin Christendom. Topics covered range from cultural history, the monastic life, relations between Church and State to law and ritual, palaeography and textual transmission. All authors, from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, share a commitment to innovation, analysis and historical accuracy.
Entering a Clerical Career at the Roman Curia, 1458-1471
1st Edition
By Kirsi Salonen, Jussi Hanska
December 02, 2016
Building on recent revisionist histories of the quality and ability of the late medieval clergy, this is a comprehensive survey of the ordinations of priests at the Roman curia during the pontificates of Pius II (1458-1464) and Paul II (1464-1471). This period has often been presented as one of ...
Joachim of Fiore and the Influence of Inspiration: Essays in Memory of Marjorie E. Reeves (1905-2003)
1st Edition
Edited
By Julia Eva Wannenmacher
September 08, 2016
Joachim of Fiore and the Influence of Inspiration. Essays in Memory of Marjorie E. Reeves (1905-2003) is a title that is deliberately reminiscent of the title of Marjorie Reeves’ opus magnum: her book ’The Influence of Prophecy in the Later Middle Ages’ has been fundamental in the field of ...
Episcopal Appointments in England, c. 1214–1344: From Episcopal Election to Papal Provision
1st Edition
By Katherine Harvey
September 06, 2016
In 1214, King John issued a charter granting freedom of election to the English Church; henceforth, cathedral chapters were, theoretically, to be allowed to elect their own bishops, with minimal intervention by the crown. Innocent III confirmed this charter and, in the following year, the right to ...
Ansgar, Rimbert and the Forged Foundations of Hamburg-Bremen
1st Edition
By Eric Knibbs
June 02, 2016
Ansgar and Rimbert, ninth-century bishops and missionaries to Denmark and Sweden, are fixtures of medieval ecclesiastical history. Rare is the survey that does not pause to mention their work among the pagan peoples of the North and their foundation of an archdiocese centered at Hamburg and Bremen....
Gateway to the Heavenly City: Crusader Jerusalem and the Catholic West (1099–1187)
1st Edition
By Sylvia Schein
May 31, 2016
Gateway to the Heavenly City presents a penetrating analysis of the attitudes of Latin Christendom towards Jerusalem in the period from the First Crusade to the Muslim capture of the city in 1187. Sylvia Schein starts by exploring the changes in the Western image of Jerusalem, first as the goal of ...
The Abbot and the Rule: Religious Life at St Albans, 1290–1349
1st Edition
By Michelle Still
May 31, 2016
St Albans was one of the greatest Benedictine abbeys of medieval England, and the early 14th century was a period during which the concerns of the community and the role of the abbot emerge particularly clearly. Yet the history of the abbey during this period has received little attention since ...
The Correspondence between Peter the Venerable and Bernard of Clairvaux: A Semantic and Structural Analysis
1st Edition
By Gillian R. Knight
May 31, 2016
Starting from the premise of the letter as literary artefact, with a potential for ambiguity, irony and textual allusion, this innovative analysis of the correspondence between the Cluniac abbot, Peter the Venerable, and the future saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, challenges the traditional use of ...
Omnia disce – Medieval Studies in Memory of Leonard Boyle, O.P.
1st Edition
By Joan Greatrex, Anne J. Duggan
April 07, 2016
The eighteen studies included here reflect three particular aspects of Leonard Boyle's remarkable impact on teaching and scholarship. His abiding interest in the early history and architecture of the basilica of San Clemente in Rome forms the focus of Part I; his profound contribution to the theory...
Commemorating the Dead in Late Medieval Strasbourg: The Cathedral's Book of Donors and Its Use (1320-1521)
1st Edition
By Charlotte A. Stanford
November 28, 2011
The Book of Donors for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6,954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. These individuals listed gifts to the cathedral construction fund given in exchange for prayers for the donors' souls. The...
Hugh of Amiens and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance
1st Edition
By Ryan P. Freeburn
November 22, 2011
Hugh of Amiens (c. 1085-1164) was an important intellectual figure in the twelfth century. During a long life he served as a cleric, Cluniac monk, abbot, and archbishop of Rouen. He wrote a number of works including poems, biblical exegesis, anti-heretical polemics, and most importantly one of the ...
Shaping Church Law Around the Year 1000: The Decretum of Burchard of Worms
1st Edition
By Greta Austin
February 24, 2009
This study of Burchard's 'Decretum', a popular book of Catholic canon law compiled just after the year 1000, sheds new light on the development of law and theology long before the Gregorian Reform, normally considered as a watershed in the history of the Latin Church. Practical episcopal concerns ...
Pope Celestine III (1191–1198): Diplomat and Pastor
1st Edition
Edited
By John Doran, Damian J. Smith
January 28, 2009
Hyacinth Bobone (c. 1105-1198) was one of the great figures of twelfth-century Europe. Active in the Roman Curia from the 1120s, a student in Paris, and associated with both Peter Abelard and Arnold of Brescia, he was made cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in 1144 and served there during ...