Rethinking the Carolingian Reforms

Arthur Westwell, Ingrid Rembold, Carine Van Rhijn (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2023
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-4955-8 (ISBN)

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This book sets out to challenge current interpretations of Carolingian culture, and especially its perceived correctio (correction), reform or renaissance. When we consider authors who operated outside the direct sphere of influence of the court, a much more dynamic image of Carolingian culture comes into view. -- .

The Carolingian period (c. 750-900) has traditionally been described as one of ‘reform’ or ‘renaissance’, where cultural and intellectual changes were imposed from above in a programme of correctio. This view leans heavily on prescriptive texts issued by kings and their entourages, foregrounding royal initiative and the cultural products of a small intellectual elite. However, attention to understudied texts and manuscripts of the period reveals a vibrant striving for moral improvement and positive change at all levels of society. This expressed itself in a variety of ways for different individuals and communities, whose personal relationships could be just as influential as top-down prescription. The often anonymous creators and copyists in a huge range of centres emerge as active participants in shaping and re-shaping the ideals of their world. -- .

Arthur Westwell is wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Universität Regensburg Ingrid Rembold is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester Carine van Rhijn is a Lecturer in Medieval History at Utrecht University -- .

Introduction: rethinking the Carolingian reforms – Carine van Rhijn
1 Gender and horizontal networks in Carolingian monasticisms (up to c. 840) – Ingrid Rembold
2 Analysing Attigny: contextualising Chrodegang of Metz’s influence on the life of canons – Stephen Ling
3 A Carolingian ‘reform of education’? The reception of Alcuin’s pedagogy – Cinzia Grifoni and Giorgia Vocino
4 Correcting the liturgy and sacred language – Els Rose and Arthur Westwell
5 Error assessment: how to distinguish between true and false? – Irene van Renswoude
6 Reformatio and correctio in Carolingian theology and orthodoxy: reformation or aggiornamento? – Kristina Mitalaité
Index -- .

Erscheinungsdatum	06.03.2023
Zusatzinfo	2 black & white illustrations
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	485 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5261-4955-9 / 1526149559
ISBN-13	978-1-5261-4955-8 / 9781526149558
Zustand	Neuware