Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004317512
Series Statement:
East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 v. 38
Content:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Archbishoprics and Church Provinces in the Early Medieval Latin Church -- 2 The Founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno: Religious Premises and Political Consequences -- 3 Otto iii’s Political Thought and Spirituality -- Conclusion -- Afterword to the English Edition -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
In The Gniezno Summit Roman Michałowski analyses the reasons behind the founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno during Otto III’s encounter with Bolesław Chrobry in Gniezno in 1000. For Michałowski there were two main reasons. One was the martyrdom of St. Adalbert, the Apostle of the Prussians. His body was buried in Gniezno, which put the Gniezno bishopric on a par with bishoprics founded by the Apostles. This was an important argument in favour of Gniezno being raised to the rank of archbishopric. The other reason was Otto III’s spirituality. The emperor was fascinated with the idea of asceticism and abandoning the world. Hence his political programme, the Renovatio Imperii Romanorum , also had religious aims, and Otto tried to support missions among the pagans. To that end he needed an archbishopric on the north-eastern outskirts of the Empire
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004305236
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Gniezno Summit: The Religious Premises of the Founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2016 ISBN 9789004305236
Language:
English
Keywords:
Otto III. Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser 980-1002
;
Diözese Gnesen-Posen
;
Geschichte
DOI:
10.1163/9789004317512
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