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Yossi Maurey : Liturgy and Sequences of the Sainte-Chapelle. Music, Relics, and Sacral Kingship in Thirteenth-Century France
The book revolves around some of the most important relics of Christendom — chief among them the Crown of Thorns — and the ways in which they became, effectively, personal objects of devotion, notwithstanding their ostensibly universal appeal. (...)
Julia Exarchos : Liturgy, Society, and Politics. Liturgical Performance and Codification in the High Middle Ages
The book addresses the significance of the liturgy in medieval society. While historical studies of the liturgy and liturgical texts have up until now focused predominantly on their theological and practical liturgical context, this (...)
Judith A. Green : The Normans. Power, Conquest and Culture in 11th Century Europe
In the eleventh century the climate was improving, population was growing, and people were on the move. The Norman dynasty ranged across Europe, led by men who achieved lasting fame like William the Conqueror and Robert Guiscard. These figures (...)
Andrew Latham : Medieval Sovereignty. Past Imperfect
Through a focused and systematic examination of medieval theologians, philosophers, and jurists, Andrew Latham explores how ideas about supreme political authority—sovereignty—first emerged during the high medieval period. The author provides a (...)
Djro Bilestone R. Kouamenan : Le roi, son favori et les barons. Légitimation et délégitimation du pouvoir royal en Angleterre et en France aux XIVe et XVe siècles
Die politische Rolle des Favoriten und die Art seiner Beziehung zum König sind in der Forschung oft nicht klar gesehen worden, da in den Diskursen des frühen und späten Mittelalters die besondere Nähe zum Herrscher regelmäßig in der Sprache der (...)