Medieval Liège at the crossroads of Europe : monastic society and culture, 1000-1300 / edited By Steven Vanderputten, Tjamke Snijders, and Jay Diehl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vanderputten, Steven, editor.

Snijders, Tjamke, 1981- editor.

Diehl, Jay, editor.

Series:

Medieval church studies ; 37.

Medieval church studies ; volume 37

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders--Belgium--Liège--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Monasticism and religious orders--Social aspects--Belgium--Liège--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

History.

Liège (Belgium)--Religious life and customs.

Liège (Belgium).

Belgium--Liège.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 377 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2017]

Language Note:

In English with one essay in French.

Summary:

This volume collects studies on the role of monastic institutions in the exchange of cultural and socio-economic capital in the medieval diocese of Liège. 0During the high Middle Ages, the bishopric of Liège found itself at a cultural crossroads between the German Empire and the French lordships. The Liègeois themselves summed up the situation when they declared that: 'Gaul considers us its most distant inhabitants, Germany as nearby citizens. In fact we are neither, but both at the same time'. This same complexity is also echoed by present-day historians, who have described Liège as a hub of interactions between two great civilisations. Medieval monastic communities in Liège were key sites of this exchange, actively participating in the cultural developments, social networks, and political structures of both regions. 0Bringing together the work of international scholars, this collection of essays addresses the problem of monastic identity and its formation in a region that was geographically wedged between two major competing socio-political powers. It investigates how monastic communities negotiated the uncertainties of this situation, while also capitalizing on the opportunities it presented. As such, this book sheds light on the agency of monastic identity formation in a small but complex region caught at the crossroads of two major powers.

Contents:

Wandering Abbots: Abbatial Mobility and stabilitas loci in Eleventh-Century Lotharingia and Flanders / Helena Vanommeslaeghe Vanommeslaeghe, Helena 1

Imperial Abbacy Meets French Lordship: Stavelot-Malmedy and the County of Luxembourg under Thibaut of Bar and Ermesinde (1197-1247) / Nicolas Schroeder Schroeder, Nicolas 29

Between Identity, History, and Rivalry: Hagiographic Legends in Trier, Cologne, and Liège / Klaus Krönert Krönert, Klaus 49

Near Neighbours, Distant Brothers: The Inter-Monastic Networks of Benedictine Houses in the Southern Low Countries (900-1200) / Tjamke Snijders Snijders, Tjamke 69

Reims, Liège, and Institutional Reform in the Central Middle Ages: Flavius Josephus as a Father of the Church / Diane Reilly Reilly, Diane 109

Masters and Schools at St Laurent: Rupert of Deutz and the Scholastic Culture of a Liégeois Monastery / Jay Diehl Diehl, Jay 151

The Investiture Controversy in the Diocese of Liège Reconsidered: An Inquiry into the Positions of the Abbeys of Saint-Hubert and Saint-Laurent and the Canonist Alger of Liège (1091-1106) / Ortwin Huysmans Huysmans, Ortwin 183

Between the Empire and the Reform Papacy: The Abbey of St Hubert and the Impact of its Papal Bull (1074) on Ecclesiastical Tradition and Monastic Identity in the Diocese of Liège / Brigitte Meijns Meijns, Brigitte 219

Identités monastiques dans un monde bouleversé: Représentations identitaires dans la Chronique de Saint-Hubert, dite Cantatorium (diocèse de Liège, début XII^e s.) / Michel Margue Margue, Michel 251

The mulieres religiosae, Daughters of Hildegard of Bingen? Interfaces between a Benedictine Visionary, the Cistercians of Villers, and the Spiritual Women of Liège / Sara Moens Moens, Sara 301

The Religious Women of Liège at the Turn of the Thirteenth Century / John Van Engen Engen, John Van 339.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9782503545400

2503545408

OCLC:

987197621

Publisher Number:

9782503545400