Aspects of power and authority in the Middle Ages

Titel: Aspects of power and authority in the Middle Ages / ed. by Brenda Bolton ...
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Veröffentlicht: Turnhout : Brepols, 2007
Umfang: XI, 349 S. : Ill.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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International medieval research ; 14
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ISBN: 9782503527352
  • List of Illustrations
  • p. ix
  • Introduction
  • p. 1
  • I
  • Image-making
  • Creating an Image for a New Kingship: Charles I of Anjou, King of the Regno
  • p. 23
  • Image-making for the Conquerors of England: Cnut and William I
  • p. 33
  • Dress and Authority in the Bayeux Tapestry
  • p. 53
  • Ostentation, Power, and Family Competition in Late-Medieval Rome: The Earliest Chapels at S. Maria in Aracoeli
  • p. 73
  • 'Treasures of the Temple' and Claims to Authority in Twelfth-Century Rome
  • p. 107
  • II
  • Informal Influence
  • Authority and Maternity in Late-Medieval Castile: Four Queens Regnant
  • p. 121
  • The Queen Consort in Late-Medieval Portugal
  • p. 131
  • 'A Woman of Subtlety and a Man's Resolution': Matilda of Boulogne in the Power Struggles of the Anarchy
  • p. 147
  • The Power of Personal Networks: Clerics as Political Actors in the Conflict between Capetian France and the County of Flanders during the Last Decade of the Twelfth Century
  • p. 165
  • 'I Know What You Did Last Summer': Knowledge as Power among Parochial Clergy in Later Medieval England
  • p. 185
  • The Power of the Purse: Usury, Jews, and Crusaders, 1198-1245
  • p. 197
  • III
  • The Power of Words
  • Concepts of Power in Anglo-Scandinavian Verse
  • p. 217
  • Power, Poetry, and Violence: The Battle of Maldon
  • p. 235
  • The Power of Documents: The Curious Case of Laudabiliter
  • p. 251
  • The Authority of Documents in Early-Medieval Italian Pleas
  • p. 277
  • Authorizing the Supernatural: An Examination of Some English Miracles around 1318
  • p. 289
  • The Authority of Miracles: Caesarius of Heisterbach and the Livonian Crusade
  • p. 305
  • Saintly Power as a Model of Royal Authority: The 'Royal Touch' and Other Miracles in the Early Vitae of Edward the Confessor
  • p. 327
  • List of Contributors
  • p. 345