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Church and Cosmos in Early Ottonian Germany

The View from Cologne

By: Henry Mayr-Harting

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Church and Cosmos in Early Ottonian Germany

The View from Cologne

By: Henry Mayr-Harting

Integrating the brilliant biography of Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne (953-65) and brother of Emperor Otto I, by the otherwise obscure monk Ruotger, with the intellectual culture of Cologne Cathedral, this is a study of actual politics in conjunction with Ottonian ruler ethic. Our knowledge of Cologne intellectual activity in the period, apart from Ruotger, must be pieced together mainly from marginal annotations and glosses in surviving Cologne manuscripts, showing how and with what concerns some of the most important books of the Latin West were read in Bruno's and Ruotger's Cologne. These include Pope Gregory the Great's Letters, Prudentius's Psychomachia, Boethius's Arithmetic, and Martianus Capella's Marriage of Philology and Mercury. The writing in the margins of the manuscripts, besides enlarging our picture of thinking in Cologne in itself, can be drawn into comparison with the outlook of Ruotger. Exploring how distinctive Cologne was, compared with other centres, Henry Mayr-Harting brings out an unexpectedly strong thread of Platonism in the tenth-century intellect. The book includes a critical edition of probably the earliest surviving, and hitherto unpublished, set of glosses to Boethius's Arithmetic, with an extensive study of their content.

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0191526223

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Religion, Politics and Society in Britain 1066-1272

By: Henry Mayr-Harting

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Religion, Politics and Society in Britain 1066-1272

By: Henry Mayr-Harting

The period from 1066 to 1272, from the Norman Conquest to the death of Henry III, was one of enormous political change in England and of innovation in the Church as a whole. Religion, Politics and Society 1066-1272 charts the many ways in which a constantly changing religious culture impacted on a social and political system which was itself dominated by clerics, from the parish to the kingdom. Examining the various ways in which churchmen saw their relation to secular power, Henry Mayr-Harting introduces many of the great personalities of the time, such as Thomas Becket and Robert Grosseteste. At the same time he shows how religion itself changed over the course of two centuries, in response to changing social conditions – how rising population fuelled the economic activities of the monasteries, and how parish reform demanded a more educated clergy and by this increased the social prestige of the Church. Written by an acknowledged master in the field, this magisterial account will be an unmissable read for all students of Norman and Plantagenet England and of the history of the medieval Church as a political, social and spiritual force.

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131787661X

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The Making of Liturgy in the Ottonian Church

Books, Music and Ritual in Mainz, 950–1050

By: Henry Parkes

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The Making of Liturgy in the Ottonian Church

Books, Music and Ritual in Mainz, 950–1050

By: Henry Parkes

This highly original study examines the history and religious life of the Ottonian Church through its ritual books. With forensic attention to the writing and design of four important manuscripts from the city of Mainz - a musician's troper, a priest's ritual handbook, a bishop's pontifical and a copy of the enigmatic compilation now known as the 'Romano-German Pontifical' - Henry Parkes transforms liturgical sources into eloquent witnesses to the ecclesiastical history of early medieval Germany. He also presents the first comprehensive revision of Michel Andrieu's influential 'Romano-German Pontifical' theory, from the dual perspective of Mainz's cathedral of St Martin and its Benedictine monastery of St Alban. Challenging long-held assumptions about the geographies of Ottonian power, in particular the central role of Mainz and its archbishops, the book opens up important new ways of understanding how religious ritual was organised, transmitted and perceived.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316240827

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9781316240823

Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages

Studies Presented to Henry Mayr-Harting

By: Henry Mayr-Harting,Richard Gameson,Henrietta Leyser

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Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages

Studies Presented to Henry Mayr-Harting

By: Henry Mayr-Harting,Richard Gameson,Henrietta Leyser

Are there angels within spitting distance of men? What did Pope Gregory the Great think of pagans? Were the monks of Battle compulsive forgers? Is temptation always a bad thing? These and many other fascinating questions are explored in this book. Commisssioned in honour of the distinguished medieval historian, Henry Mayr-Harting and reflecting the range and focus of its honorand's interests, the twenty-five essays provide a panoramic and stimulating exploration of the interrelated fields of belief and culture in the middle ages. Sanctity and sacred biography, seduction and temptation, forgery and litigation, patronage and art production, conversion and oppression were all part of the rich fabric of medieval Christian culture that is scrutinized here. Individually the studies shed new light on a series of key issues and questions relating to the cultural, religious, and political history of the sixth-century church, of Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, and of Carolingian, Ottonian, and Investiture Contest Europe; while collectively they illuminate the interaction of Christianity and politics, of secular and sacred, and of belief and culture from late antiquity to the thirteenth century.

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Oxford University Press on Demand

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0198208014

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The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England

By: Henry Mayr-Harting

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The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England

By: Henry Mayr-Harting

This book is more than a general account of the conversion of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It is a probing study of the way in which Christianity was fashioned in England, giving full weight to the variety and wealth of the process of christianization, as it was carried out by churchmen who, according to Mayr-Harting, prepared themselves by prayer and study and travel as well as by social awareness to christianize their world.

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Penn State University Press

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0271007699

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9780271007694

Religion, Politics and Society in Britain 1066-1272

By: Henry Mayr-Harting

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Church and Cosmos in Early Ottonian Germany

The View from Cologne

By: Henry Mayr-Harting

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Church and Cosmos in Early Ottonian Germany

The View from Cologne

By: Henry Mayr-Harting

When the writing in the margins is compared with the outlook of Ruotger, these margins begin to seem drawn into the centre of Cologne thinking." "Henry Mayr-Harting shows up the strand of Platonism in tenth-century intellectual history, a history still too little known. He asks how distinctive Cologne was, compared with other intellectual centres. The book also contains a critical edition of probably the earliest surviving set of glosses, hitherto unpublished, to Boethius's Arithmetic, with an extensive study of their contents."--BOOK JACKET.

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Oxford University Press

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0199210713

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A History of Medieval Europe

By: Ralph Henry Carless Davis

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A History of Medieval Europe

By: Ralph Henry Carless Davis

This is an introductory survey of European history from the Dark Ages to the high Middle Ages. The text examines the impact of the barbarian invasions on Christendom and the emergence of a new social and political order.

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Pearson Education

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058278462X

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Book's by Henry Mayr-Harting

Church and Cosmos in Early Ottonian Germany

Church and Cosmos in Early Ottonian Germany

Religion, Politics and Society in Britain 1066-1272

Religion, Politics and Society in Britain 1066-1272

The Making of Liturgy in the Ottonian Church

The Making of Liturgy in the Ottonian Church

Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages

Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages

The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England

The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England

Religion, Politics and Society in Britain 1066-1272

Religion, Politics and Society in Britain 1066-1272

Church and Cosmos in Early Ottonian Germany

Church and Cosmos in Early Ottonian Germany

A History of Medieval Europe

A History of Medieval Europe

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