Making the Holy Roman Empire Holy

Frederick Barbarossa, Saint Charlemagne and the sacrum imperium

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Av Vedran Sulovsky, Vedran (University of Cambridge) Sulovsky

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How did the Holy Roman Empire (sacrum imperium) become Holy? In this innovative book, Vedran Sulovsky explores the reign of Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190), offering a new analysis of the key documents, artworks, and contemporary scholarship used to celebrate and commemorate the imperial regime, especially in the imperial coronation site and Charlemagne's mausoleum, the Marienkirche in Aachen. By dismantling the Kulturkampf-inspired view of the history of the Holy Roman Empire - which was supposedly desacralised in the Investiture Controversy, and then resacralised by Barbarossa and the Reichskanzler Rainald of Dassel - Sulovsky, using new evidence, reveals the personal relations between various courtiers which led to the rise of the new, holy name of the Empire. Annals, chronicles, charters, forgeries, letters, liturgical texts and objects, relics, insignia, seals, architecture and rituals have all been exploited by Sulovsky to piece together a mosaic that shows the true roots of sacrum imperium.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-05-23
Mått159 x 234 x 26 mm
Vikt710 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Antal sidor398
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009203487

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Introduction; 1. Sacrum imperium: Lombard Influence and the Sacralisation of the State in the mid-Twelfth Century (1125–1167); 2. Sacrum imperium II: The Barometer of Lombard Influence at Court (1167–1190); 3. The Cult of Charlemagne from His Death to the Accession of Frederick Barbarossa (814–1152); 4. The Canonisation of Charlemagne in 1165; 5. The Barbarossaleuchter: Imperial Monument and Pious Donation; 6. The Reliquary Shrine of Saint Charlemagne: The High Point of the Sacrum imperium?; Conclusion.

'Sulovsky has produced a work that is breathtaking in its range, its erudition and the reimagining of this important moment in the history of the Holy Roman Empire. Its significance in the understanding of modern German historiography is another rich element in this study. The connection between visual culture and historical interpretation is another highlight of this work. This book is stimulating, thought-provoking, and should be read by anyone interested in this period in German history.' Judith Collard, Parergon