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Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures , German Studies

Keywords: Althochdeutsch ; Wortfeld ; Herr

Author information: Green, Dennis Howard 1922-2008

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ISBN: 1-107-24157-X , 1-139-88953-2 , 1-316-63550-3 , 1-107-24778-0 , 1-107-25027-7 , 1-107-24861-2 , 1-107-25110-9 , 1-139-23702-0 , 1-107-24944-9

Series Statement: Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 90

Content: The profound changes that took place between 800 and 1100 in the transition from Carolingian to post-Carolingian Europe have long been the subject of vigorous historical controversy. Looking beyond the notion of a 'Feudal Revolution', this book reveals that a radical shift in the patterns of social organisation did occur in this period, but as a continuation of processes unleashed by Carolingian reform, rather than Carolingian political failure. Focusing on the Frankish lands between the rivers Marne and Moselle, Charles West explores the full range of available evidence, including letters, chronicles, estate documents, archaeological excavations and liturgical treatises, to track documentary and social change. He shows how Carolingian reforms worked to formalise interaction across the entire social spectrum, and that the new political and social formations apparent from the later eleventh century should be seen as long-term consequence of this process.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Introduction -- The historiographical background -- The place of the Carolingians in the Feudal Revolution -- Methodology -- Geography and sources -- Part I. The Parameters of Carolingian Society -- 1. Institutional integration -- Counts and the locality -- Bishops and episcopal organisation -- Royal power -- Conclusion: Structures of authority -- 2. Networks of inequality -- Aristocratic solidarities and the limits of Carolingian institutions of rule -- The logic of aristocratic dominance -- Conclusion: The dominance of lordship? -- 3. Carolingian co-ordinations -- Carolingian symbolic communication between Marne and Moselle : gifts, violence and meetings -- Characterising Carolingian symbolic communication -- From symbolic communication to economies of meaning -- Conclusion -- Part II. The long tenth-century, c. 880 to c. 1030 -- 4. The ebbing of royal power -- The distancing of royal authority -- Post-royal politics -- The causes for the retreat of royal power -- Conclusion -- 5. New hierarchies -- The transformation of the Carolingian county -- Lords and landlords in the long tenth century -- Ritual and society in the tenth century -- Conclusion: "Symbolic impoverishment" -- Part III. The exercise of authority through property rights, c. 1030-1130 -- 6. The banality of power -- The rise of banal power -- The reification of political power -- Material consequences -- Conclusion -- 7. Fiefs, Homage and the "Investiture Quarrel" -- Fiefs and dependent property -- Homage -- The "Investiture Quarrel" -- Towards a "secular liturgy"? -- Conclusion -- 8. Upper Lotharingia and Champagne around 1100 -- The new political landscape between Marne and Moselle -- Upper Lotharingia and Champagne compared -- Architectures of power -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Between the "long twelfth century" and the settlement of disputes -- Reframing the Feudal Revolution : the Carolingian legacy -- Manuscripts index. , English

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Format: 1 online resource (576 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9783631840597

Note: Cover -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Prehistory of the Translation of the Crown of Thorns to France: Saint-Denis Abbey and the Carolingian Legend of the Translation of the Holy Crown of Thorns -- Chapter 1. The Founding Narratives on the Translation of the Crown of Thorns from Constantinople to the Kingdom of the Franks -- 1. Descriptio qualiter Karolus Magnus Clavum et Coronam a Constantinopoli Aquisgrani detulerit qualiterque Karolus Calvus haec ad Sanctum Dionysium retulerit -- The Content and Dating of Descriptio 15 -- 2. Sources of Information about Charlemagne's Expedition to the Holy Land 60 -- The Chronicle of Benedict of Sant' Andrea del Monte Soratte 81 -- Relics from Charroux and Reichenau -- Liber de constitutione Karrofensis cenobii -- Libellus de translatione sanguinis Domini from the Abbey of Reichenau 125 -- 3. Do the Narrations from Charroux, Monte Soratte, and Reichenau Talk About the Origins of the Cult of Passion Relics in the Abbey of Saint-Denis? -- Chapter 2. The Reception of Descriptio qualiter Until the Reign of Saint Louis:  Iter Hierosolimitanum Karoli Magni 1 -- 1. Imperial Hagiography:  De sanctitate Karoli Magni 15 -- 2. Vernacular Literature:  Chansons de Geste and the Historical Prose in the Twelfth and the Thirteenth Centuries 28 -- P è lerinage de Charlemagne 31 -- Fierabras -- Karlamagn ú s saga -- Chronicles and Gesta 86 -- Gesta episcoporum Mettensium -- Helinand of Froidmont and Vincent of Beauvais -- Pseudo-Turpin Chronicle: Historia Karoli Magni et Rotholandi -- Descriptio-Turpin by Pierre de Beauvais 115 The Crown of Thorns and the Miraculous Healing of Scrofula during the First Indictum in Aachen 116 -- Chronique des rois de France by the Anonymous of B é thune 132 -- Gui of Bazoches and Alberic of Trois-Fontaines. , Chronique rim é e by Philip Mousk è s -- Les Grandes Chroniques de France by Primat of Saint-Denis 175 -- 3. The Reception of Descriptio qualiter in the Iconography of Capetian Churches -- Stained Glass in Saint-Denis and Chartres 186 -- The Gravestone Epitaph of Charles the Bald in Saint-Denis -- Chapter 3. Conclusion -- 1. The Ideological Meaning of the Historical Myth on Charlemagne's Expedition to Jerusalem and Constantinople from the Eleventh to the First Half of the Thirteenth Century -- 2. The Translation of the Relics of the Crown of Thorns to the Kingdom of the Franks and the Miraculous Healing of Scrofula -- Part II. Capetian Politics Towards The Relics, Eleventh-Thirteenth Centuries -- Chapter 1. The Kings of the Franks and Relics in the Early Middle Ages: The Merovingians and the Carolingians. The Heritage of the Carolingian Policy of the Cult of Relics in the Holy Empire in the Ottonian and Salian Era 1 -- 1. Introductory remarks: Constantine's Heritage -- 2. The Cult of Relics under the Merovingians and Early Carolingians -- 3. Charles the Bald and the Cult of the Relics -- 4. The Heritage of the Carolingian Cult of Relics in the Ottonian and Salian Empire -- Chapter 2. Participation of the First Capetians in the Cult of Relics (Tenth to Eleventh Century) -- 1. The Capetians and Saint Walaric's Prophecy -- 2. The Cult of Relics during the Reign of Robert the Pious -- 3. Philip I, the Holy Shroud of the Lord of Compi è gne, and Other Translations during his Reign -- Chapter 3. Revival of the Royal Cult of Relics in Twelfth-Century France: The Cult of Saints and Relics during the Reigns of Louis VI, Louis VII, and Philip Augustus -- 1. The Ostensio of the Relics of the Crown of Thorns and the Nail of the True Cross in Saint-Denis. , 2. Participation of Kings in Translations or Authentications of Relics during the Reigns of Louis VI and Louis VII (1108-1180) -- 3. The Public Demonstration of the Relics of Saint Denis in the Abbey of Saint-Denis in the Twelfth Century -- 4. Miraculous Healings of Kings in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Century Owed to Saint Denis and His Relics -- 5. The Translation of the Relics of Saint Denis in Saint-Denis Abbey in 1144 -- 6. Cult of Relics in the Abbey of Saint Denis in the Twelfth Century as a Model for the King of England and the Emperor? -- 7. The Capetian Monarchy and the Cult of the Relic of the Crown of Thorns and the Relics of Saint Denis in Hagiographic Sources:  Lives of Saint Denis -- 8. Importance of the Cult of Passion Relics of Saint-Denis from the Early Twelfth century until the First Years of the Reign of Saint Louis -- The Holy Crown from Saint-Denis Abbey -- Philip Augustus and the Cult of Relics -- Part III. Saint Louis and the Cult of Relics -- Chapter 1. The Translation of the Relics of the Crown of Thorns and Other Passion Relics to Paris in 1239-1242. A Tentative Reconstruction 1 and Ideological Meaning -- 1. Sources -- Hagiographic Sources -- De susceptione Corone Domini of Archbishop Gautier Cornut (1240) -- G é rard of Saint-Quentin, Translatio Sancte Corone Domini Ihesu Christi (after 1248) -- Other Hagiographic Sources (till the End of the Thirteenth Century) -- Chronicles (until the Mid-Fourteenth Century) -- French Chronicles -- Foreign Chronicles -- Other Sources -- 2. The Historical Context of the Translation -- Translation of 1239 in the Light of Hagiographic Sources -- The Circumstances of the Translation of 1239 in the Light of French and Foreign Chronicles -- 3. Reconstruction of the Translation of the Crown of Thorns in August 1239. , 4. Translations of Passion Relics to Paris in 1241-1242. A Tentative Reconstruction -- 5. The Feast of the Crown of Thorns and Other Festivities in Honour of the Passion Relics Brought by Louis IX -- Chapter 2. Importance of the Translation of the Crown of Thorns and the Passion Relics and Their Cult for the Royal Ideology of Louis IX and the Capetian Monarchy -- 1. Narrative Sources -- 2. The Crown of Thorns as the Holy Crown and the titulus Imperii -- 3. Selected Liturgical Sources -- 4. Saint Louis and Other Translations of the Relics in France during His Reign -- Conclusion.  The Translation and the Cult of the Crown of Thorns during the Reign of Saint Louis against the Backdrop of the Capetian Cult of Relics -- 1. Saint Louis IX - Rex Imago Christi -- 2. Saint Louis as the New Charlemagne -- 3. Sainte-Chapelle in the Times of Saint Louis -- 4. Translatio Imperii or Translation of Jerusalem? -- 5. The Capetian Monarchy and the Cult of Relics until the Thirteenth Century -- SUMMARY -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index of geographical names -- Index of names -- Index of sources -- Series index.

Additional Edition: Print version: Burzyński, Jan The King and the Crown of Thorns Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,c2021 ISBN 9783631832646

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Content: This volume deals with shifts and changes that took place during the Middle Ages when things, or ideas, or writings, were transferred from time to time, place to place, or one ideological realm to another. The same objects, ideas, or texts changed their meaning, impact, or symbolic value according to different contexts. The twelve papers, written by leading experts, investigate the authority attributed to texts and their canonization in different contexts; the shifting uses and meanings of gifts, from honorable instruments in the settlement of disputes to corruption and bribery; and the transition of violence and power from relationships between equals to a tool for the maintenance of hierarchies. Contributors include: Gadi Algazi, Monique Bernards, Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld, Esther Cohen, Valentin Groebner, Yitzhak Hen, Mayke de Jong, Rob Meens, Marco Mostert, Thomas F.X. Noble, Timothy Reuter, Hendrik Teunis, and Stephen D. White.

Note: Abbreviations -- Introduction, Esther Cohen -- PART ONE. TRANSFORMATIONS: TEXT, SCRIPTURE, AND AUTHORITY IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES -- 1. Reflections on Canonization and the Authority of the Written Word in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: By Way of Comment, Marco Mostert -- 2. Holy Scripture and the Transmission of Knowledge in Early Islam: The Inception of Arabic Linguistic Studies, Monique Bernards -- 3. Martin of Braga's De correctione rusticorum and its Uses in Frankish Gaul, Yitzhak Hen -- 4. Religious Instruction in the Frankish Kingdoms, Rob Meens -- 5. Exegesis for an Empress, Mayke de Jong -- 6. The Varying Roles of Biblical Testimonies in the Carolingian Image Controversies, Thomas F.X. Noble -- PART TWO. TRANSFORMATIONS: GIFTS, VIOLENCE, AND BRIBES, HIGH AND LATE MIDDLE AGES -- 7. The Medieval Gift as Agent of Social Bonding and Political Power: A Comparative Approach, Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld -- 8. Gifts And Simony, Timothy Reuter -- 9. The Politics of Exchange: Gifts, Fiefs, and Feudalism, Stephen D. White -- 10. Presenting Respect in the Eleventh Century: Odo of Blaison and the Canons of St.-Lézin, Hendrik Teunis -- 11. From Peace to Power: The Study of Disputes in Medieval France, Stephen D. White -- 12. Accountancies and Arcana : Registering the Gift in Late Medieval Cities, Valentin Groebner -- 13. Pruning Peasants: Private War and Maintaining the Lords' Peace in Late Medieval Germany, Gadi Algazi -- Index.

Additional Edition: Print version: Medieval Transformations: Texts, Power, and Gifts in Context. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2001 ISBN 9789004117280

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Content: The bishop was a figure of unparalleled importance in the tenth and eleventh centuries, as he married the advantages of his noble birth to the sacramental and pastoral role of bishop, drawing upon the resultant range of powers to intervene in all areas of life. Scholarship on the episcopate in this period, however, has tended to cluster around two themes: the role of bishops in the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and the critiques of these bishops levied by certain church reformers. This book moves beyond these subjects and examines the full scope of bishops' activities in southwest France, as they ruled their cathedrals, interacted with lay powers, patronized religious communities, and wrestled with the complex nature of their office.

Note: Preliminary Material / , Chapter One. Introduction: In Bishops We Honor Or Deny The Lord / , Chapter Two. Ad Locum Sanctum, Ad Stipendia Fratrum: The Bishop And His Cathedral / , Chapter Three. If The Count Should Send A Bishop: Lay Authority And The Bishops Of Aquitaine / , Chapter Four. Episcopal Authority At Religious Communities / , Chapter Five. Episcopal Foundation, Restoration, And Reform Of Religious Houses / , Chapter Six. Aiding The Servants Of Faith: Bishops And Donations To Religious Houses / , Chapter Seven. Conclusion: Ideals Of Episcopal Power In Tenth-Century Aquitaine / , Bibliography / , Index /

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ISBN: 9781107028869

Series Statement: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series v.90

Content: Revisits the idea of a 'Feudal Revolution' in Europe between 800 and 1100, examining the causes of profound socio-economic change

Note: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; The historiographical background; The place of the Carolingians in the Feudal Revolution debate; Methodology; Geography and sources; Part I The parameters of Carolingian society; Chapter 1 Institutional integration; Counts and the locality; The evidence for public exactions; The mallum court; The Carolingian advocate; Bishops and episcopal organisation; Kings, history and Rome; Pastoral care; Royal power; Royal resources; Assemblies, the written word and royal power; Conclusion: structures of authority , Chapter 2 Networks of inequalityIntroduction; Aristocratic solidarities and the limits of Carolingian institutions of rule; Defining an elite; Aristocratic domination: violence and intimidation; Beyond comital reach; Instrumentalising institutions; The logic of aristocratic dominance; Blurred status, fuzzy property; The dynamic at work; Conclusion: the dominance of lordship?; Chapter 3: Carolingian co-ordinations; Carolingian symbolic communication between Marne and Moselle: gifts, violence and meetings; Gifts and gift exchange; Violence; Formal meetings in the Carolingian world , Characterising Carolingian symbolic communicationTextual representation; Symbolic fragility; Symbolic clarification; From symbolic communication to economies of meaning; Codification: administration and institutionalisation; Reconciling centre and locality; Conclusion; Part II The long tenth century, c.880 to c.1030; Chapter 4 The ebbing of royal power; The distancing of royal authority; Marginalisation along the Meuse; The extent of marginalisation; Kingship at a distance; Post-royal politics; Tenth-century politics; Early eleventh-century politics; Patterns of power , The causes of the retreat of royal powerConclusion; Chapter 5 New hierarchies; The transformation of the Carolingian county; The Carolingian pagus; From pagus to comitatus; Destry, the mallum publicum and the cancellarius; Lords and landlords in the long tenth century; Morville-sur-Nied; The transformation of the Carolingian formulary; Ritual and society in the tenth century; The Liber de divinis officiis; Lotharingian monastic reform; The view from Rheims; Conclusion: 'symbolic impoverishment'; Part III The exercise of authority through property rights, c.1030-c.1130 , Chapter 6 The banality of powerThe rise of bannal power; Charters and the countryside; Historiographical perspectives; Arguing over bannum: three case studies; The reification of political power; Justice, constraint, customs and other synonyms; The establishment of local lordship; Material consequences; Encastellation; Relative revenues: the case of Mandray; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Fiefs, homage and the 'Investiture Quarrel'; Introduction; Fiefs and dependent property; Homage; The 'Investiture Quarrel'; Towards a 'secular liturgy'?; Conclusion , Chapter 8 Upper Lotharingia and Champagne around 1100: unity and diversity , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

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Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Reframing the Feudal Revolution : Political and Social Transformation Between Marne and Moselle, 〈EM〉c〈/EM〉.800–〈EM〉c〈/EM〉.1100

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Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Note: Introduction -- The historiographical background -- The place of the Carolingians in the Feudal Revolution -- Methodology -- Geography and sources -- Part I. The Parameters of Carolingian Society -- 1. Institutional integration -- Counts and the locality -- Bishops and episcopal organisation -- Royal power -- Conclusion: Structures of authority -- 2. Networks of inequality -- Aristocratic solidarities and the limits of Carolingian institutions of rule -- The logic of aristocratic dominance -- Conclusion: The dominance of lordship? -- 3. Carolingian co-ordinations -- Carolingian symbolic communication between Marne and Moselle : gifts, violence and meetings -- Characterising Carolingian symbolic communication -- From symbolic communication to economies of meaning -- Conclusion -- Part II. The long tenth-century, c. 880 to c. 1030 -- 4. The ebbing of royal power -- The distancing of royal authority -- Post-royal politics -- The causes for the retreat of royal power -- Conclusion -- 5. New hierarchies -- The transformation of the Carolingian county -- Lords and landlords in the long tenth century -- Ritual and society in the tenth century -- Conclusion: "Symbolic impoverishment" -- Part III. The exercise of authority through property rights, c. 1030-1130 -- 6. The banality of power -- The rise of banal power -- The reification of political power -- Material consequences -- Conclusion -- 7. Fiefs, Homage and the "Investiture Quarrel" -- Fiefs and dependent property -- Homage -- The "Investiture Quarrel" -- Towards a "secular liturgy"? -- Conclusion -- 8. Upper Lotharingia and Champagne around 1100 -- The new political landscape between Marne and Moselle -- Upper Lotharingia and Champagne compared -- Architectures of power -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Between the "long twelfth century" and the settlement of disputes -- Reframing the Feudal Revolution : the Carolingian legacy -- Manuscripts index.

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Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources , Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Note on Values -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- The Dark Age of Currency? -- The Dark Age of Money? -- The Meanings of Money -- Situating Early Medieval Money -- Investigating Early Medieval Money -- Sources and Approaches -- Part I -- Chapter 2. Bullion, Mining, and Minting -- Tracing the Origins of Gold and Silver -- Bullion, Profits, and Power -- Circulation of Bullion: Dynamics -- Imports of Bullion: Three Case Studies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Why Make Money? -- How to Make Coined Money -- How Large Was the Early Medieval Currency? -- Why Were Early Medieval Coins Made? -- Fiscal Minting -- Impermeable Borders -- Renovatio Monetae -- Private Demand -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Using Coined Money -- Money and Gift-Giving -- Making a Statement: Money, Status, and Ritual -- Giving God, King, and Lord Their Due -- Monetary Obligations -- Credit -- Fines and Compensation -- Getting Whatever You Want: Money and Commerce -- Markets and Prices -- Elites and Coined Money -- Peasants and Coined Money -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Money, Metal, and Commodities -- Money and Means of Exchange -- Coin and Bullion: Categories or Continuum? -- The Social Dynamics of Mixed Moneys -- Case Study 1: Northern Spain -- Case Study 2: The Viking World -- Case Study 3: Tang and Song China -- Conclusion -- Part II -- Chapter 6. The Roman Legacy -- Later Roman Coinage: An Age of Gold -- "Money, the Cause and Source of Power and Problems" -- Currencies of Inequality -- "Caesar Seeks His Image on Your Gold": Gold and the State -- State and Private Demands in Dialogue -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Continuity and Change in the Fifth to Seventh Centuries -- Getting By in a Time of Scarcity: Low-Value Coinage -- Gold, Taxes, and Barbarian Settlement in the West in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries , Post-Roman Italy -- New Gold 1: Merovingian Gaul -- New Gold 2: Visigothic Iberia -- New Gold 3: Early Anglo-Saxon England -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. The Rise of the Denarius c. 660-900 -- From Gold to Silver -- Questions of Origins -- The Silver Rush c. 660-750 1: England -- The Silver Rush c. 660-750 2: Frisia and Francia -- Money and Power in the Carolingian Age -- Agency in Carolingian Coin Circulation -- Regional Distinctions in Coin Circulation -- Minting and Royal Authority -- Minting and Local Elites -- Southern England c. 750-900: A Parallel World? -- The Kingdom of Northumbria -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Money and Power in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries -- At the Dawn of the Commercial Revolution? -- A Monetising Economy -- Money, Morality, and the Routinisation of Coin -- Money, Markets, and Lands: Mechanisms of Monetisation -- The Spread of the Penny -- New and Old Mints c. 850-1100 -- Italy -- West Francia -- East Francia/Germany -- England -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10. Conclusion: A Sketch of Early Medieval Money -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Naismith, Rory Making Money in the Early Middle Ages Princeton : Princeton University Press,c2023 ISBN 9780691249346

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ISBN: 0786427671 , 9780786427673

Content: "This work focuses on a wholly new, historically and physically credible explanation for this melodramatic discovery of Charlemagne's body by studying historical traditions and cultural contexts. Topics such as Charlemagne's legacy and Alfred Rethel's Karlsfresken, Sainte-Foy as an imperial effigy and as an apocryphal figure, and contexts for and the meaning of Charlemagne's Karlsgrab are all examined. "--Provided by publisher

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , The early medieval "Lord in majesty" : the example of the Majesté de Sainte Foy at ConquesSainte Foy as an imperial effigy and as an apocryphal figure -- An imperial symbiosis : Charlemagne and Constantine -- Contexts and meaning of Charlemagne's Karlsgrab -- Cadaver or artwork? the historical contexts for Charlemagne's "incorruptible corpse" -- The ideology behind the Carolingian and Ottonian "Lords-in-majesty" -- Conclusion : Charlemagne's afterlife as an artwork. , Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-222) and index

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Keywords: Karl I. Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser 747-814 ; Herrscherbildnis ; Majestas Domini ; Körper ; Grab ; Thron ; Dom Aachen ; Sainte-Foy ; Rethel, Alfred 1816-1859 ; Wandmalerei

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Series Statement: Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy

Content: For centuries, our ancestors carefully observed the movements of the heavens and wove that astronomical knowledge into their city planning, architecture, mythology, paintings, sculpture, and poetry. This book uncovers the hidden messages and advanced science encoded within these sacred spaces, showing how the rhythmic motions of the night sky played a central role across many different cultures. Our astronomical tour transports readers through time and space, from prehistoric megaliths to Renaissance paintings, Greco-Roman temples to Inca architecture. Along the way, you will investigate unexpected findings at Lascaux, Delphi, Petra, Angkor Wat, Borobudur, and many more archaeological sites both famous and little known. Through these vivid examples, you will come to appreciate the masterful ways that astronomical knowledge was incorporated into each society's religion and mythology, then translated into their physical surroundings. The latest archaeoastronomical studies and discoveries are recounted through a poetic and nontechnical narrative, revealing how many longstanding beliefs about our ancestors are being overturned. Through this celestial journey, readers of all backgrounds will learn the basics about this exciting field and share in the wonders of cultural astronomy.

Note: Part I: History of Cosmic Symbolism in Art and Architecture -- 2: Basics of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy -- Components of Archaeoastronomy -- Cycles of the Sun -- Cycles of the Moon -- The Milky Way Galaxy -- Origin of the Constellations -- The Signs of the Zodiac -- Further Reading -- 3: World’s Earliest Art and Architecture -- Introduction -- Abstract Stone Carvings and Cultural Astronomy -- “Venus Figurines” and Astronomy -- Hand Paintings in Cave Art -- Paleolithic Cave Painting -- Non-figurative Cave Art and Astronomy -- El Castillo Cave Art and Astronomy -- Corona Borealis or Northern Crown Constellation -- Lascaux Cave and Astronomy -- Archaeo-acoustics -- Further Reading -- 4: Neolithic Art, Architecture, and Astronomy -- Introduction -- Excavation of Göbekli Tepe -- Göbekli Tepe Enclosures -- Göbekli Tepe Artwork -- Interpretation of the Artwork -- Archaeoastronomy at Göbekli Tepe -- Further Reading -- 5: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in the British Isles -- Introduction to Mounds, Megaliths, and Circles -- Newgrange Passage Mound -- Knowth Passage Mound -- Dowth Passage Mound -- Artwork on Irish Passage “Grave” Megaliths -- Further Reading -- 6: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in England -- Introduction to the Stonehenge Stone Circle -- Archaeoastronomy of Stonehenge -- The Stonehenge Extensive Complex -- Avebury Stone Circles -- Avebury’s Extensive Complex -- West Kennet Long Barrow (Fig. 6.7) -- Summary of Megalithic Monuments of the British Isles -- Further Reading -- Part II: Astronomical Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia -- 7: Hinduism and Cosmology in India -- Introduction -- Cosmology Encoded in Shiva Nataraja, Lord of the Dance -- Dancing Shiva Iconography -- Cosmology of Hindu Temples -- Further Reading -- 8: Art, Archaeology, and Astronomy at Angkor Wat Temple -- Introduction to Angkor Wat History -- Temple Functions -- Angkor Wat Temple Architecture -- Current Research -- Celestial Correlations at Angkor Wat -- Angkor Wat Sculptural Program -- Summary -- Further Reading -- 9: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy of Buddhism -- Introduction -- Ashoka and the Mauryan Dynasty -- Cosmic Pillars of Ashoka -- Celestial Symbolism of the Buddhist Stupa -- The Great Stupa at Sanchi -- Cosmology of the Borobudur Buddhist Temple -- Borobudur Sculpture -- Encoded Buddhist Teachings -- Cosmological Symbolism of Borobudur -- Solar Alignments of the Ajanta Caves -- Further Reading -- Part III: Astronomical Art and Architecture of China -- 10: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in China -- Astronomy in Early China -- Dunhuang Star Map -- Chinese Cosmological Temples -- The Mandate of Heaven -- Cosmology of Beijing -- Cosmology of the Forbidden City -- Cosmic Temples -- Temple of Heaven Compound -- Cosmic Symbolism of the Temple of Heaven -- Enactment of Imperial Duties -- Further Reading -- Part IV: Astronomical Art and Architecture of the Classical World -- 11: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in Classical Greece -- Introduction -- Greek Astronomers -- The Astronomical Poem: Phaenomena -- Greek Temples and Archaeoastronomy -- Temple of Apollo Delphi, Greece -- Astronomy of the Apollo: Asclepius Cult Temples -- Archaeoastronomy of Greek Temples in Sicily -- Greek Theater -- Further Reading -- 12: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy of Petra -- History of Petra -- Nabataean Religion -- Nabataean Architecture -- Current Research -- Urn Tomb and Astronomy -- The Monastery and Astronomy -- Nabataean Sculpture -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 13: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in the Roman Empire -- Introduction -- Astronomical Texts in Roman Empire -- Vitruvius and Astronomy -- Geminus and Astronomy -- Pliny the Elder and Astronomy -- Solar Orientations of Roman Towns -- Symbolism of the Dome in Roman Architecture -- Archaeoastronomy and the Pantheon -- Pantheon Symbolic Architectural Design -- Pantheon Solar Phenomena -- Mausoleum of Theodoric the Great and Astronomy -- Astronomical Light Effects -- The Roman Temples at Baalbek -- The Temple of Jupiter -- The Temple of Bacchus -- The Temple of Venus -- Cosmology in Mithraic Art -- The Mithraeum and the Tauroctony -- Cautes and Cautopates: The Torchbearers -- Archaeoastronomy Encoded in Mithraic Art -- Futher Reading -- Part V: Astronomical Art and Architecture of Early Europe -- 14: Astronomy and Cosmology in the Middle Ages -- Introduction -- Cosmology in the Middle Ages -- Cosmological Diagrams -- Medieval Astronomical Artwork -- Archaeoastronomy and the Christian Church -- Hagia Sophia: The Cosmos in Miniature -- Astronomy in the Age of Charlemagne -- Charlemagne’s Throne and Astronomy -- The Computistical Anthology of 809 -- Aratea Manuscripts in the Carolingian Age -- The Leiden Aratea -- The Planetary Configuration -- Giotto and Astronomy in the Scrovegni Chapel -- Giotto and the Miraculous Star of Bethlehem -- Astronomy at Chartres Cathedral -- Introduction -- Sculptural Program on the Royal Portal -- The Zodiacal Problem -- Astronomical Angels -- Further Reading -- 15: Renaissance Art and Astronomy -- Astronomy During the Renaissance -- Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Frescoes -- The Cosmology of Michelangelo Buonarroti -- Fresco Design Description -- Visualizing the Creation and Fall of Mankind -- The Cosmology of The Last Judgment -- The Last Judgment and Astronomy -- Further Reading -- Part VI: Astronomical Art and Architecture of the New World -- 16: Astronomy at Teotihuacan -- Introduction -- Pyramid of the Sun -- Pyramid of the Moon -- Ciudadela Ceremonial Grounds -- The Temple of Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent -- Archaeoastronomy at Teotihuacan -- Collapse of Teotihuacan -- Further Reading -- 17: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in South America -- Introduction -- Cultural Astronomy of Chavin de Huantar -- Cultural Astronomy and the Nazca Lines -- Cultural Astronomy of the Inca Civilization -- Astronomy of Machu Picchu.

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-030-76510-5

Language: English