IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 341: Remembering Admonitio: Episcopal Criticism of Rulers in the Middle Ages, III
Monday 2 July 2018, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Ryan Kemp, Department of History & Welsh History, Aberystwyth University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Katy Cubitt, School of History, University of East Anglia |
| Paper 341-a | 'Sancta tractabat arte': Lanfranc's 'Management' of King William the Conqueror as a Sacred Art (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Political Thought, Rhetoric |
| Paper 341-b | The Admonishing Bishop in 12th-Century England and Germany (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Political Thought, Rhetoric |
| Paper 341-c | 13th-Century Bishops of Auxerre Trying to Whip the Counts into Line (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Political Thought, Rhetoric |
| Abstract | The medieval episcopate, as descendants of the biblical prophets, criticised the sins of the powerful lest they pollute the wider polity. Though primarily discussed in relation to the Carolingian Empire, the admonishing bishop can be found throughout the Middle Ages. There has, however, been less discrimination and analysis in terms of how episcopal admonition of the powerful varied in specific contexts. By examining case studies from across the chronological and geographical breadth of the Middle Ages, these panels examine how criticism of the powerful was remembered and how its depiction reflected wider shifts in political and structural circumstances. |