Making the Holy Roman Empire Holy : Frederick Barbarossa, Saint Charlemagne and the sacrum imperium / Vedran Sulovsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sulovsky, Vedran, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th series.

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--Holy Roman Empire--History--To 1500.

Political culture.

Holy Roman Empire--History--Frederick I, 1152-1190.

Holy Roman Empire.

Holy Roman Empire--Politics and government.

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, approximately 1123-1190.

Frederick.

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814.

Charlemagne.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 383 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This book analyses the so-called sacralisation of the Holy Roman Empire during the reign of Frederick Barbarossa in the twelfth century, when the Empire's most commonly known name became popular. Innovative and comprehensive, it will interest scholars of the Middle Ages, specifically those interested in art, political, and ideological history

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Series page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

I.1 The sacrum imperium Theory

I.2 Beyond sacrum imperium

1 Sacrum imperium: Lombard Influence and the Sacralisation of the State in the mid-Twelfth Century (1125-1167)

1.1 Introduction: Concepts and Categories

1.2 Peter the Deacon and Wibald of Stavelot as Intermediaries between the Byzantine Court Style and the German Imperial Chancery

1.3 Sacral Terminology in the German Imperial Chancery (1125/1136-1158)

1.4 Sacrum imperium and diva res publica at the Imperial Court and in the German Imperial Chancery (April 1155-Autumn 1157)

1.5 Sacrum imperium in the Documents of the Imperial Chancery and Legates (1159-1167)

1.6 Otto and Acerbo Morena, Judges and Consuls of Lodi, and the Role of Rainald of Dassel

2 Sacrum imperium II: The Barometer of Lombard Influence at Court (1167-1190 and Beyond)

2.1 The Sacral Terminology of the State in the Imperial Chancery (1167-1180)

2.2 The Sacral Terminology of the State in Imperial Documents (1180-1190) and Epilogue

2.3 The Poets at the Court of Frederick Barbarossa in the 1180s: Gunther the Poet and Godfrey of Viterbo

2.4 Conclusion

3 The Cult of Charlemagne from His Death to the Accession of Frederick Barbarossa (814-1152)

3.1 Introduction: The Historiography of Saint Charlemagne

3.2 Charlemagne's memoria in General and in Aachen up to 1165

3.3 The Karlsdekret: The Codification of Aquensian Tradition

3.4 Conclusion

4 The Canonisation of Charlemagne in 1165

4.1 Frederick Barbarossa and Rainald of Dassel Divide the Spoils of the Italian Wars

4.2 The Run-Up to the Canonisation (1164-1165)

4.3 The Canonisation of Saint Charlemagne in 1165 as a Stage for Imperial Politics

4.4 Aachen, the sedes regni Theutonici

4.5 The Political Uses of Holy Kings and Holy Kingship in Twelfth-Century Latin Europe

4.6 Visualising Saint Charlemagne: The Brachiary of Saint Charlemagne

4.7 Conclusion

5 The Barbarossaleuchter: Imperial Monument and Pious Donation

5.1 Form and Inscriptions

5.2 The Inscriptions in Detail: Dating the Barbarossaleuchter

5.3 Frederick and Beatrix as Donators of Religious Artworks

5.4 The Inscriptions in Detail: (Possibly) Alcuin's Inscription Imitated by the Canons

5.5 The Engraved Plates: The Christological Cycle and the Beatitudes

5.6 The Towers, Their Lost Silver Reliefs and the Iconographic Programme in General

5.7 The Barbarossaleuchter and the Carolingian Dome

5.8 Liturgical Usage: Lighting the Chandelier

5.9 The Symbolic Functions of the Barbarossaleuchter

6 The Reliquary Shrine of Saint Charlemagne: The High Point of the Sacrum imperium?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 May 2024).

ISBN:

9781009203494

1009203495

9781009203470

1009203479