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Lords and pastors : lives of German bishops, 950-1250 / edited by Jonathan Lyon and Simon MacLean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyon, Jonathan R.
- Series:
- Manchester Medieval Sources Series
- Manchester medieval sources
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church.
- Catholic Church--Bishops--Biography.
- Catholic Church--Germany--Bishops--Biography.
- Catholic Church--Germany--History--To 1500.
- Bishops--Germany--Biography.
- Bishops.
- Middle Ages--Germany.
- Middle Ages.
- Germany.
- Germany--Church history--Early works to 1800.
- Germany--Church history--843-1517.
- Genre:
- Translations
- Biography.
- Biographies
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2026.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Biography/History:
- Jonathan Lyon is Professor of History of the High and Late Middle Ages at the University of Vienna, Austria.
- Simon MacLean is Professor in Medieval History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
- Summary:
- This book presents six medieval biographies of bishops from the German Empire, translated into English for the first time. The texts span the tenth to thirteenth centuries, and offer fascinating windows onto politics and society in the central Middle Ages.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Map of ecclesiastical provinces and bishoprics c. 1000
- Introduction
- What were bishops in the early Middle Ages?
- Bishops in the medieval German kingdom
- The Lives of German bishops
- This volume
- Chapter 1: Life of Archbishop Bruno of Cologne
- Text
- Prologue to the life of Lord Archbishop Bruno of Cologne
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- Chapter 2: Life of Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg
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- Chapter 3: Life of Bishop Benno of Osnabrück
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- Chapter 4: Passion of Archbishop Thiemo of Salzburg
- Chapter 5: Life of Archbishop Conrad I of Salzburg
- Chapter 6: Life of Archbishop Engelbert of Cologne
- Introduction
- How the name of the blessed Engelbert presaged his future suffering, and on his eternal election
- Concerning his body's nobility and beauty, and how from a young age he was burdened and honoured with ecclesiastical means of support
- How, having been made bishop, he humbled the tyrants of the province, subjecting everyone to himself more through prudence than abundant wars
- On the coming of King John of Jerusalem to Cologne and how the kings of the earth sought out his friendship
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- That he was wise and understanding and rich in the spirit of fortitude
- On his compassion for the poor and the suffering, and how he brought help to the province during a time of famine
- How he always honoured those devoted to the religious life
- How Count Frederick secretly conspired in his death because of his defence of the church of Essen
- How the lord bishop and Count Frederick conducted peace negotiations in Soest
- How his death was revealed to certain religious, some of whom also warned him ahead of time, not only by letters but also in conversations
- Notes:
- Translated from the Latin.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- ISBN:
- 1-5261-7543-6
- 1-5261-7542-8
- 9781526175427
- OCLC:
- 1577546217
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