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

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

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This important 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 sometimes turbulent century between 1050 and 1150. Drawing on a wide range of diplomatic, hagiographical, epistolary 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 also 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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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781107017818
eBook ISBN
9781316371244
Topic
History
Subtopic
European History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations and tables
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Abbreviations
  10. Chapter 1 The bishop and his authority
  11. Chapter 2 Becoming bishop: clerical culture and episcopal formation in the archdiocese of Reims around 1100
  12. Chapter 3 Restless flocks: challenges to episcopal authority
  13. Chapter 4 Band of brothers: episcopal networks in the archdiocese of Reims
  14. Chapter 5 Personal histories: the revival of archiepiscopal historiography at Reims in the eleventh century
  15. Chapter 6 Sanctity and history in a border diocese: the Vita of Lietbert of Cambrai (1051–76)
  16. Chapter 7 Urban space, memory, and episcopal authority: the bishops of Amiens in peace and conflict, 1073–1164
  17. Chapter 8 Bishops and the word
  18. Chapter 9 Toil and togetherness in the vineyards of the Lord
  19. Chapter 10 Conclusion
  20. Appendix: Collaboration between the bishops of Reims, Soissons, and Laon, 1126–1151
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index