Abbatial authority and the writing of history in the Middle Ages / Benjamin Pohl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pohl, Benjamin, 1985- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle Ages--Historiography.

Middle Ages.

Superiors, Religious--Europe--History--To 1500.

Superiors, Religious.

Europe--History--476-1492--Historiography.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

How, why, and by whom was history written in medieval European monasteries? Benjamin Pohl investigates the communities' abbots or abbesses as prolific authors, patrons, commissioners, project managers, and facilitators of historical narratives; transforming our understanding of the writing of history in this fascinating period of Europe's history.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of Figures

Introduction

1. Abbatial Authorship

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Writing with Authority

1.3 Historical Writing as Self-Fashioning

1.4 Abbess-Historians-An Exceptionalism?

1.5 Conclusions

2. Abbatial Patronage

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Abbatial Patronage-A Case Apart?

2.3 Resistance and Reinforcement

2.4 Commission, Competition, and Quality Control

2.5 Obscured and Concealed Patronage

2.6 Architects of Memory

2.7 Conclusions

3. Abbatial Book Provision and Library Building

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Book Production and Procurement

3.3 Books as Commemorative Currency

3.4 Resourcing and Collaboration

3.5 'Interlibrary Loans'

3.6 Conclusions

4. 'In studio abbatis'

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Abbatial Workplaces

4.3 Private Collections

4.4 Custodianship, Inheritance, and Bequest

4.5 Conclusions

Conclusion

Appendix: The Abbots of Flavigny and Their Deeds

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 14, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Pohl, Benjamin Abbatial Authority and the Writing of History in the Middle Ages

ISBN:

0-19-183663-X

0-19-251470-9

0-19-251469-5

OCLC:

1393440071