Authority and power are distinct concepts and abilities - this was a problem that the Church tussled with throughout the High and Late Middle Ages. Claims of authority, efforts to have that authority recognized, and the struggle to transform it into more tangible forms of power were defining factors of the medieval Church's existence. This interdisciplinary volume, which effects a broad temporal, geographical, and thematic sweep, points the way to new avenues of research and new approaches to a traditional topic. It fuses historical methodologies with art history, gender studies, musicology, and material culture, and presents fresh insights into one of the most significant institutions of the medieval world.
| ISBN: | 9782503585291 |
| Publication date: | 3rd June 2020 |
| Author: | Thomas W Smith |
| Publisher: | Brepols an imprint of Brepols Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 412 pages |
| Series: | Europa Sacra |
| Genres: |
Christianity |