Negotiating Secular and Ecclesiastical Power : Western Europe in the Central Middle Ages

Bijsterveld, A. J. A.; Teunis, H.; Wareham, A. (editors)

ISBN 10: 2503508723 / ISBN 13: 9782503508726

Published by Brepols, Turnhout, 1999

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Very good hardback copy. Pictorial covers. xx, 196pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Negotiating Secular and Ecclesiastical Power : Western Europe in the Central Middle Ages
• Publisher: Brepols, Turnhout
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503508723
• ISBN 13: 9782503508726
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

How was medieval Europe held together? People of dissimilar occupations and economic interests, living in widely separate parts of western Europe, came to recognise and act upon a common set of cultural beliefs. This framework of shared social customs and values, that is distinctively medieval and European, arose from the interaction between secular and ecclesiastical power, but these developments can no longer be convincingly viewed as arising solely from events such as the Wars of Investiture and the Fourth Lateran Council. The historiography of this study shows that the medieval mental framework was not solely concerned with the great struggles between Rome and lay rulers, but neither can we assume that local communities were islands of cohesion in a wider world of chaos and conflict. The case studies presented demonstrate how texts were used as weapons by ecclesiastical authorities in defining their relationships with lay powers. Other studies here focus upon how land and kinship was used to define the social relations between the laity and the clergy.The concluding section concentrates upon the solution of conflicts.