Episcopal Power and Ecclesiastical Reform in the German Empire - Tithes, Lordship, and Community, 950-1150

Informationen zum Autor John Eldevik is Assistant Professor of History at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. In addition to articles and reviews in a range of international journals, he is the author of Medieval Germany: Research and Resources (2006), a reference guide to medieval German history published by the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC. Klappentext This book explores how bishops used the medieval tithe as a social and political tool in eleventh-century Germany and Italy. Zusammenfassung This book explores a key economic institution! the medieval tithe! as a social and political phenomenon in eleventh-century Germany and Italy. It views episcopal churches and their possessions as social networks! revealing how bishops used the ecclesiastical tithe to manage ties of loyalty and dependence within their dioceses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: bishops, power and medieval society: a comparative approach; 1. The social worlds of the ecclesiastical tithe; 2. Tithes, bishops and society in Frankish Europe; 3. Landscapes of episcopal authority: Lucca, Mainz and Salzburg; 4. Diabolic contracts: the leasing of Pievi and perceptions of order and power in early medieval Italy; 5. Piety, power and memory: bishops and tithes in the diocese of Salzburg; 6. The struggle for tithes in an age of transition; Conclusion; Bibliography.

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• Authors: John Eldevik, John (Pomona College Eldevik, Eldevik John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107530836
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53083-6
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; History, European History, Germany, RELIGION / History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Church history, European history: medieval period, middle ages