Exile in the Middle Ages (International Medieval Research Vol. 13) - Hardcover

Napran, Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2503514537 ISBN 13: 9782503514536

Publisher: Brepols Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

Exile in the Middle Ages took many different forms. As a literary theme it has received much scholarly attention in the Latin, Greek and vernacular traditions. The historical and legal phenomenon of exile is relatively unexplored territory. In the secular world, it usually meant banishment of a person by a higher authority for political reasons, resulting in the exile leaving home for a shorter or longer period. Sometimes an exile did not wait to be expelled but left of his or her own accord. Leaving home to go on pilgrimage, or, in the case of women to marry could be experienced as a form of exile. In the ecclesiastical sphere, two forms of exile stand out. Monasticism was often seen as a form of spiritual (permanent) exile from the secular world. Excommunication was a punishment exercised by the Church authorities in order to eject persons (often only temporarily) from the community of Christians. Banishment as a form of social punishment is therefore the central theme of this volume on Exile in the Middle Ages. The book covers the period of the central Middle Ages from ca. 900 to ca. 1300 in Western Europe, though some chapters have a wider remit. The genesis of the volume was a series of presentations delivered at the Leeds International Medieval Congress in 2002, which was devoted to the theme of Exile.

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Dr Laura Marie Napran is an Independent Scholar

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503514537
• ISBN 13: 9782503514536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 249