Shaping authority : how did a person become an authority in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? / Shari Boodts ; Johan Leemans ; Brigette Meijns.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boodts, Shari, editor.

Leemans, Johan, 1965- editor.

Meijns, Briette, editor.

Series:

Lectio ; 4.

Lectio ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authority--History.

Authority.

History.

Physical Description:

458 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols [2016]

Summary:

This volume offers case studies which reflect the variety of trajectories, concerns, actors and factors that contributed to the fashioning of the postmortem and lasting authority of historical persons in premodern intellectual history: a time span of two millennia.0The cultural and religious history from Antiquity through the Renaissance may be read through the lens of the rise and demise of auctoritates. Throughout this long period of about two millennia, many historical persons have been considered as exceptionally authoritative. Obviously, this authority derived from their personal achievements. But one does not become an authority on one?s own. In many cases, the way an authority?s achievements were received and disseminated by their contemporaries and later generations, was the determining factor in the construction of their authority. This volume focuses on the latter aspect: what are the mechanisms and strategies by which participants in intellectual life at large have shaped the authority of historical persons? On what basis, why and how were some persons singled out above their peers as exceptional auctoritates and by which processes did this continue (or discontinue) over time? What imposed geographical or other limits on the development and expansion of a person?s auctoritas? Which circumstances led to the disintegration of the authority of persons previously considered to be authoritative? The case-studies in this volume reflect the dazzling variety of trajectories, concerns, actors and factors that contributed over a time span of two millennia to the fashioning of the postmortem and lasting authority of historical persons.

Contents:

Why are Some Greater than Others? Actors and Factors Shaping the Authority of Persons from Antiquity to the Renaissance / Johan Leemans Leemans, Johan, Brigitte Meijns Meijns, Brigitte 9

Epistemic Authority in Textual Traditions: A Model and Some Examples from Ancient Philosophy / Jan Opsomer Opsomer, Jan, Angela Ulacco Ulacco, Angela 21

Aristotle's Authority in the Tradition of Natural Problems. The Case of Plutarch of Chaeronea / Michiel Meeusen Meeusen, Michiel 47

Plato us. Plato on the Generation of the Cosmos (Tim. 28B) Authority in the Interpretations of Plutarch and Proclus / Bram Dimulder Dimulder, Bram 87

Deconstructing and Reconstructing Authority. The interplay of Homer's and Dio Chrysostom's Authority in the Making and Reception of the Trojan Oration / Chiara Meccariello Meccariello, Chiara 119

'But I May Be Wrong': The Self Conscious Construction of Episcopal Authority in the Sermons of Ambrose of Milan / Michael Stuart Williams Williams, Michael Stuart 157

Revisiting an Authority's Secret(s) of Success: The Rise and Decline of the Latin Athanasius / Christian Müller Müller, Christian 197

Wonder, Mirror Neurons and Embodied Cognition in the Early Medieval Experience of Miracles / David Defries Defries, David 223

Engineered Holy Authority and the Tenth-Century Vita of St. Barbatianus of Ravenna / Edward M. Schoolman Schoolman, Edward M. 251

The Dark Side of Remembrance: How Medieval Chroniclers Demonized Bishop Adalbero of Laon (977-1033) / Jelle Lisson Lisson, Jelle 281

Authorship, Authority, and Authorization: The Cases of Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux and Abbess Hildegard of Bingen / John Van Bingen Bingen, John Van 325

How Jan van Leeuwen (+ 1378) Was Made an Author. Opera Omnia and Authority / Eva Vandemeulebroucke Vandemeulebroucke, Eva, Youri Despienter Despienter, Youri 363

Between Norms and Books. Constructing Authority in the Fifteenth Century / Giacomo Signore Signore, Giacomo, Anna Diabacová Diabacová, Anna, Marieke Abram Abram, Marieke 389

Antonio Manetti's Brunclleschi: An Attempt at Establishing Artistic Authority / Patricia D. Meneses Meneses, Patricia D. 439.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9782503568232

2503568238

OCLC:

944160684

Publisher Number:

99968579148