IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1525: Texts and Identities, IX: Carolingian Bishops - Potentials and Problems
Thursday 10 July 2008, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien / Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies, Universiteit Utrecht / Faculty of History, University of Cambridge |
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Organisers: | Maximilian Diesenberger, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien Gerda Heydemann, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien / Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien Rob Meens, Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies, Universiteit Utrecht |
Moderator/Chair: | Mayke de Jong, Instituut Geschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
Paper 1525-a | Purity of ecclesia: The Symbolism of Baptism in Early Medieval Sources on Church Dedication (Language: English) |
Paper 1525-b | Carolingian Northern Italy: A Literary Desert? (Language: English) |
Paper 1525-c | The Cockle of the Mission Field: St Boniface's Use of Biblical Metaphor in his Condemnations of Hostile Frankish Bishops (Language: English) |
Abstract | The papers in this session all investigate aspects of power relations and (literary) texts within the Carolingian Church. Miriam Czock examines early medieval sources on church dedication. These texts make a close connection between church dedication and the rite of baptism – by taking a close look at the texts and at the concept of purity underlying both rites, the paper attempts to demonstrate how both baptism and church dedication were made fruitful to guide the congregation on Christian ways. |