Introduction

Ozawa, Minoru; Smith, Thomas W. und Strack, Georg (2023): Introduction. In: Ozawa, Minoru; Smith, Thomas W. und Strack, Georg (Hrsg.): Communicating Papal Authority in the Middle Ages. London ; New York: Routledge. S. 1-10

Abstract

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores the range of media that popes used to represent and communicate their authority, including letters, synodal sermons, and artistic endeavours such as the creation of tapestries. It examines how the motif of Imitatio Christi was used in papal synodal sermons between 1095 and 1274 both to express and challenge papal authority. The book studies John XXII and the beatific vision controversy, which the pope sparked in a sermon delivered on All Saints’ Day 1331. It turns to the communication of papal authority through visual media with a case study of the Assisi tapestry commissioned by Sixtus IV between 1471 and 1482. The book provides valuable evidence for the ‘global’ authority of the papacy according to the understanding at the time – something which comes through clearly in her source material.

• Dokumententyp: Buchbeitrag
• Fakultät: Geschichts- und Kunstwissenschaften > Historisches Seminar > Mittelalterliche Geschichte
• Themengebiete: 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 940 Geschichte Europas
• ISBN: 978-1-032-42093-6 ; 978-1-003-36117-6 ; 978-1-032-42091-2
• Ort: London ; New York
• Sprache: Englisch