Shaping a Monastic Identity - Liturgy and History At the Imperial Abbey of Farfa, 10001125

Klappentext Equally fascinating is Boynton's examination of the process by which Farfa, like other monasteries, cathedral chapters, and royal houses, constantly rewrote its history - particularly the stories of its founding - as part of the continuous negotiation of power that was central to medieval politics and culture. Zusammenfassung During the eleventh and early twelfth centuries, the imperial abbey of Farfa was one of the most powerful institutions on the Italian peninsula. In this period many of the lands of central Italy fell under its sway, and it enjoyed the protection of...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Susan Boynton
• Edition: Cornell University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 05.01.2006
• EAN: 9780801443817
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-4381-7
• Pages: 304
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Thèmes: Conjunctions of Religion and P; Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past; Conjunctions of Religion and P
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Moyen Age