Bishops, authority and community in northwestern Europe, c

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The work Bishops, authority and community in northwestern Europe, c represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Bishops, authority and community in northwestern Europe, c

Statement of responsibility

John S. Ott (Portland State University)

Title variation

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

Creator

• Ott, John S

Subject

• Bishops -- France | Reims
• Bishops -- Temporal power | History
• Catholic Church -- France | Reims -- Bishops
• Catholic Church -- France | Reims -- History
• Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Reims (France) -- History
• Church and state -- France -- History -- To 1500
• Church history -- 11th century
• Church history -- 12th century
• Episcopacy -- History of doctrines
• France, Northern -- Church history
• Power (Social sciences) -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
• Reims (France) -- Church history
• Authority -- Religious aspects | Christianity | History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500

Language

eng

Summary

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 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.--

Member of

• Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought, 4th ser., 102

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Series volume

4th ser., 102