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Topographies of Power in the Early Middle Ages
The 19 papers presented in this volume by North American and European historians and archaeologists discuss how early medieval political and religious elites constructed ‘places of power’, and how such places, in turn, created powerful people. They also examine how the ‘high-level’ power exercised by elites was transformed in the post-Roman kingdoms of Europe, as Roman cities gave way as central stages for rituals of power to a multitude of places and spaces where political and religious power were represented. Although the Frankish kingdoms receive a large share of attention, contributions also focus on the changing topography of power in the old centres of the Roman world, Rome and Constantinople, to what ‘centres of power’ may have meant in the steppes of Inner Asia, Scandinavia or the lower Vistula, where political power was even more mobile and decentralised than in the post-Roman kingdoms, as well as to monasteries and their integration into early medieval topographies of power.
Patrons of the Old Faith
Patrons of the Old Faith is the first full-length study on the Catholic nobility in the Dutch Republic. Based on a detailed prosopographical analysis and through the examination of their marriage strategies, interaction with Protestants, religiosity and contributions to the Holland Mission, Jaap Geraerts shows how the behaviour of the Catholic nobility was highly distinctive and differed from their co-religionists and Protestant peers as it was influenced by a specific set of noble and Catholic values. Due to the synthesis of their noble and confessional identities, the Dutch Catholic nobility in Utrecht and Guelders acted as patrons of their faith and were instrumental for the survival of Catholicism in the Dutch Republic.
Space in the Medieval West
In the last two decades, research on spatial paradigms and practices has gained momentum across disciplines and vastly different periods, including the field of medieval studies. Responding to this ’spatial turn’ in the humanities, the essays collected here generate new ideas about how medieval space was defined, constructed, and practiced in Europe, particularly in France. Essays are grouped thematically and in three parts, from specific sites, through the broader shaping of territory by means of socially constructed networks, to the larger geographical realm. The resulting collection builds on existing scholarship but brings new insight, situating medieval constructions of space in relation to contemporary conceptions of the subject.
The Use and Abuse of Sacred Places in Late Medieval Towns
This book discusses how secular authorities made use of churches and monasteries in the Low Countries, the German regions and the British Isles during the late medieval period.
De kerk en de Nederlanden
Artikelen over diverse onderwerpen van de kerkgeschiedenis der Lage Landen, met de middeleeuwen als zwaartepunt.
Religious Choice in the Dutch Republic
How did people learn their Bibles in the Middle Ages? Did church murals, biblical manuscripts, sermons or liturgical processions transmit the Bible in the same way?This book unveils the dynamics of biblical knowledge and dissemination in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century England. An extensive and interdisciplinary survey of biblical manuscripts and visual images, sermons and chants, reveals how the unique qualities of each medium became part of the way the Bible was known and recalled; how oral, textual, performative and visual means of transmission joined to present a surprisingly complex biblical worldview. This study of liturgy and preaching, manuscript culture and talismanic use introduces the concept of biblical mediation, a new way to explore Scriptures and society. It challenges the lay-clerical divide by demonstrating that biblical exegesis was presented to the laity in non-textual means, while the 'naked text' of the Bible remained elusive even for the educated clergy.
The Great Knowledge
The Great Knowledge is a cumulative treasure trove of information on magical and spiritual practices described in written sources dating back to the Iron and Viking Ages. Maria Kvilhaug provides a wealth of source material shining new light on the lore of old, the roles and practices that existed, healers, sorcerers, shapeshifters, berserkers, poets, initiation rites, the genderfluid, and the influence and invocations of spirit beings in the shapes of gods, trolls, giants, elves, norns. For those who have sought accurate, historical, and fact-based information on Seiðr, Volva's, Galdrar, and more, The Great Knowledge is the book that you have been waiting for.
Graven spreken
Uit deze interdisciplinaire bundel blijkt, dat de vormgeving van de graven en de gebruiken rond het begraven ontwikkelingen vertonen die niet in de pas lopen met gangbare historische tijdvakindelingen. Ze lijken ook onafhankelijk te zijn van evoluties in de opvattingen over dood en hiernamaals. Maar er is ook een constant element: graf en begrafenis brengen de identiteit tot uitdrukking van de individuen en groepen die van de samenleving deel uitmaken.
Turbulente tijden
Back cover: "Zorg, leefomgeving en materiële cultuur vormen de hoofdthema?s in dit boek dat gebaseerd is op het zestiende-eeuwse weeskamerarchief van Zierikzee. Boedelinventarissen, rekeningen en persoonlijke papieren geven een goed beeld van het leven van de bovenlaag van de maatschappij in wat eens de tweede stad van Zeeland was. De bewaarde bronnen tonen aan dat de relaties tussen Zeeland en de zuidelijke gewesten gedurende de woelige zestiende eeuw veel nauwer waren dan tot nog toe bekend en laten zien hoe politieke en maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen het dagelijks leven beïnvloedden. Analyse van het materiaal leidde tot nieuwe inzichten op terreinen als zorg, onderwijs, kleding en de inrichting van winkels en woonhuizen, die verschillende gangbare opvattingen opzij zetten. Veel eerder dan in Holland blijken nieuwe ontwikkelingen op het gebied van kunst en materiële cultuur door de Zeeuwse stedelijke elite te zijn omarmd".
