Author: Bernard Guenée
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226310329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
"For the past several decades, French historians have emphasized the writing of history in terms of structures, cultures, and mentalities, an approach exemplified by proponents of the Annales school. With this volume, Bernard Guenée, himself associated with the Annalistes, marks a decisive break with this dominant mode of French historiography. Still recognizing the Annalistes' indispensable contribution, Guenée turns to the genre of biography as a way to attend more closely to chance, to individual events and personalities, and to a sense of time as people actually experienced it, without sacrificing the conceptual rigor made possible by crisply stated problématiques. His engaging and detailed study links in sequence the lives of four French bishops who, because of their office, were intellectuals and politicians as well. These men rose in the hierarchy that was medieval society by dint of talent and ambition, not birth. What Guenée reveals is the career patterns and politics of an era that privileged youth yet granted certain advantages to those, such as Guenée's subjects, who survived to old age. He illustrates not only how these and other medieval men of the church were schooled but also how they learned from life, illuminating medieval and early modern history through their writings."--Jacket.
Between Church and State
Author: Bernard Guenée
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226310329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
"For the past several decades, French historians have emphasized the writing of history in terms of structures, cultures, and mentalities, an approach exemplified by proponents of the Annales school. With this volume, Bernard Guenée, himself associated with the Annalistes, marks a decisive break with this dominant mode of French historiography. Still recognizing the Annalistes' indispensable contribution, Guenée turns to the genre of biography as a way to attend more closely to chance, to individual events and personalities, and to a sense of time as people actually experienced it, without sacrificing the conceptual rigor made possible by crisply stated problématiques. His engaging and detailed study links in sequence the lives of four French bishops who, because of their office, were intellectuals and politicians as well. These men rose in the hierarchy that was medieval society by dint of talent and ambition, not birth. What Guenée reveals is the career patterns and politics of an era that privileged youth yet granted certain advantages to those, such as Guenée's subjects, who survived to old age. He illustrates not only how these and other medieval men of the church were schooled but also how they learned from life, illuminating medieval and early modern history through their writings."--Jacket.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226310329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
"For the past several decades, French historians have emphasized the writing of history in terms of structures, cultures, and mentalities, an approach exemplified by proponents of the Annales school. With this volume, Bernard Guenée, himself associated with the Annalistes, marks a decisive break with this dominant mode of French historiography. Still recognizing the Annalistes' indispensable contribution, Guenée turns to the genre of biography as a way to attend more closely to chance, to individual events and personalities, and to a sense of time as people actually experienced it, without sacrificing the conceptual rigor made possible by crisply stated problématiques. His engaging and detailed study links in sequence the lives of four French bishops who, because of their office, were intellectuals and politicians as well. These men rose in the hierarchy that was medieval society by dint of talent and ambition, not birth. What Guenée reveals is the career patterns and politics of an era that privileged youth yet granted certain advantages to those, such as Guenée's subjects, who survived to old age. He illustrates not only how these and other medieval men of the church were schooled but also how they learned from life, illuminating medieval and early modern history through their writings."--Jacket.
Before Church and State: A Study of Social Order in the Sacramental Kingdom of St. Louis IX
Author: Andrew Willard Jones
Publisher: Emmaus Academic
ISBN: 1945125403
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Publisher: Emmaus Academic
ISBN: 1945125403
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
The Crisis of Church and State, 1050-1300
Author: Brian Tierney
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802067012
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
From the Introduction: We need not be surprised, then, that in the Middle Ages also there were rulers who aspired to supreme political and temporal power. The truly exceptional thing is that in medieval times there were always at least two claimants to the role, each commanding a formidable apparatus of government, and that for century after century neither was able to dominate the other completely, so that the duality persisted, was eventually rationalized in works of political theory and ultimately built into the structure of European society. This situation profoundly influenced the development of Western constitutionalism.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802067012
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
From the Introduction: We need not be surprised, then, that in the Middle Ages also there were rulers who aspired to supreme political and temporal power. The truly exceptional thing is that in medieval times there were always at least two claimants to the role, each commanding a formidable apparatus of government, and that for century after century neither was able to dominate the other completely, so that the duality persisted, was eventually rationalized in works of political theory and ultimately built into the structure of European society. This situation profoundly influenced the development of Western constitutionalism.
Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages
Author: R. W. Southern
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140137552
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The concept of an ordered human society, both religious and secular, as an expression of a divinely ordered universe was central to medieval thought. In the West the political and religious community were inextricably bound together, and because the Church was so intimately involved with the world, any history of it must take into account the development of medieval society. Professor Southern's book covers the period from the eighth to the sixteenth century. After sketching the main features of each medieval age, he deals in greater detail with the Papacy, the relations between Rome and her rival Constantinople, the bishops and archbishops, and the various religious orders, providing in all a superb history of the period.
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140137552
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The concept of an ordered human society, both religious and secular, as an expression of a divinely ordered universe was central to medieval thought. In the West the political and religious community were inextricably bound together, and because the Church was so intimately involved with the world, any history of it must take into account the development of medieval society. Professor Southern's book covers the period from the eighth to the sixteenth century. After sketching the main features of each medieval age, he deals in greater detail with the Papacy, the relations between Rome and her rival Constantinople, the bishops and archbishops, and the various religious orders, providing in all a superb history of the period.
Church and State in the Middle Ages
Author: Arthur Lionel Smith
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714615141
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
First Published in 1964. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714615141
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
First Published in 1964. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Church and State Through the Centuries
Author: Sidney Z. Ehler
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN: 9780819601896
Category : Church
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN: 9780819601896
Category : Church
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Church and State in the Middle Ages
Author: Bennett D. Hill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780471396512
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780471396512
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Western Church in the Middle Ages
Author: John A. F. Thomson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9780340601181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From its origins in the ancient world as a rival to traditional paganism, Christianity has grown to become one of the most widely practiced religions in the world. This book explores how the Church took over spiritual control of Western Europe in the Middle Ages to become the very foundation of life--setting a moral agenda for all of society and dominating its intellectual pursuits. Covering the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Reformation, this account is structured in three chronological blocks: the gradual development of unity within the Western Church up to the eleventh century; the centralization phase between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries; and the break-up of the centralization of power in the later Middle Ages. Organizational developments and changes in spirituality and doctrine are examined, and the history of the papacy is situated in the wider context of changes in both ecclesiastical and lay society. Intellectual developments and the rise of heresy--at both the elite and popular levels--are also considered in a telling exploration of the mental world of medieval Christendom.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9780340601181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From its origins in the ancient world as a rival to traditional paganism, Christianity has grown to become one of the most widely practiced religions in the world. This book explores how the Church took over spiritual control of Western Europe in the Middle Ages to become the very foundation of life--setting a moral agenda for all of society and dominating its intellectual pursuits. Covering the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Reformation, this account is structured in three chronological blocks: the gradual development of unity within the Western Church up to the eleventh century; the centralization phase between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries; and the break-up of the centralization of power in the later Middle Ages. Organizational developments and changes in spirituality and doctrine are examined, and the history of the papacy is situated in the wider context of changes in both ecclesiastical and lay society. Intellectual developments and the rise of heresy--at both the elite and popular levels--are also considered in a telling exploration of the mental world of medieval Christendom.
Church Building and Society in the Later Middle Ages
Author: Gabriel Byng
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107157099
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The first systematic study of the financing and management of parish church construction in England in the Middle Ages.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107157099
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The first systematic study of the financing and management of parish church construction in England in the Middle Ages.
Medieval Essays (The Works of Christopher Dawson)
Author: Christopher Dawson
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813218187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Medieval Essays is the mature reflection of one of the most gifted cultural historians of the twentieth century.
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813218187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Medieval Essays is the mature reflection of one of the most gifted cultural historians of the twentieth century.