IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 220: Church and Politics in Lotharingia and France during the Central Middle Ages: Session in Memory of Timothy Reuter
Monday 14 July 2003, 14.15-15.45
Organisers: | Arnoud-Jan A. Bijsterveld, Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Universiteit van Tilburg Brigitte Meijns, Department of History, KU Leuven |
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Moderator/Chair: | Arnoud-Jan A. Bijsterveld, Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Universiteit van Tilburg |
Paper 220-a | Claims and Communities: How We Forget about Ecclesiastical Politics in the 11th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 220-b | Bishop and Chapter: The Foundation of Houses of Canons by the Bishop of Cambrai (10th-11th Centuries) (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | During the High Middle Ages, founding or patronizing a religious community was as much a religious as a political act. However, recent research from a historical-anthropological point of view, tends to emphasize the religious aspects, such as the care for the eternal welfare or the desire to be commemorated after death. The aim of this session is to demonstrate the often significant political dimension of patronage of religious houses. |