Aspects of Power and Authority in the Middle Ages

368 Pages·2007·9.353 MB·English

by  Brenda M. Bolton, Christine E. Meek

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ASPECTS OF POWER AND
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INTERNATIONALMEDIEVALRESEARCH
Editorial Board
Axel E. W. Müller, Alan V. Murray, Peter Meredith, and Ian N. Wood,
with theassistanceof theIMC ProgrammingCommittee
Previously published volumes in this series are listed at theback of this book.
VOLUME14
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ASPECTS OF POWER AND
AUTHORITY IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Edited by
Brenda Bolton and Christine Meek
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Aspects of power and authority in the Middle Ages. -
(International medieval research ; v. 14)
1. Power (Social sciences) - Europe - History - To 1500
2. Civilization, Medieval 3. Europe - Politics and
government - 476-1492
I. Bolton, Brenda II. Meek, Christine
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ISBN-13: 9782503527352
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Introduction 1
I. Image-making
Creating anImage for a New Kingship: Charles I of Anjou, 23
King of theRegno
JEANDUNBABIN
Image-making for the Conquerors of England: 33
Cnut and William I
CHRIS DENNIS
Dressand Authorityin the Bayeux Tapestry 53
GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER
Ostentation, Power, and Family CompetitioninLate-Medieval 73
Rome: The Earliest Chapels at S. Maria in Aracoeli
CLAUDIA BOLGIA
‘Treasures of the Temple’ and Claims to Authority 107
in Twelfth-Century Rome
MARIE THÉRÈSE CHAMPAGNE
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II. Informal Influence
Authority and Maternity inLate-Medieval Castile: 121
Four Queens Regnant
BETHANY ARAM
The QueenConsort inLate-Medieval Portugal 131
ANAMARIA S. A. RODRIGUES
‘A Womanof Subtlety and a Man’s Resolution’: Matilda 147
of Boulogne in thePower Struggles of theAnarchy
PATRICIADARK
The Power of Personal Networks: Clerics as Political Actors 165
in the Conflict between Capetian France and the County of
Flanders during the Last Decade of the Twelfth Century
WALTERYSEBAERT
‘I Know What You DidLast Summer’: Knowledge as Power 185
among Parochial Clergy in Later MedievalEngland
JEREMY GOLDBERG
The Power of the Purse: Usury,Jews, and Crusaders, 197
1198–1245
REBECCA RIST
III. The Power of Words
Concepts of Power in Anglo-Scandinavian Verse 217
JAYNECARROLL
Power, Poetry, and Violence:The Battle of Maldon 235
ALICE JORGENSEN
The Power of Documents: The Curious Case ofLaudabiliter 251
ANNE J. DUGGAN
The Authorityof Documents in Early-Medieval Italian Pleas 277
SWEN HOLGER BRUNSCH
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Authorizing the Supernatural: An Examination 289
of Some English Miracles around1318
R. C. FINUCANE
The Authority of Miracles: Caesarius of Heisterbach 305
and theLivonian Crusade
BARBARABOMBI
Saintly Power as a Modelof RoyalAuthority: 327
The ‘RoyalTouch’ and Other Miracles in the Early
Vitae of Edward the Confessor
JOANNA HUNTINGTON
List of Contributors 345
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Owen-Crocker
Figure 1, p. 56. King Edward, Bayeux Tapestry, Scene 1. Late eleventh century.
Drawn by Gale Owen-Crocker.
Figure 2, p. 59. Guy ofPonthieuapprehendsHarold,BayeuxTapestry,Scene 7.
Late eleventh century. Photo reproduced with special permission of the City
of Bayeux.
Figure 3, p. 60. Guy receives Haroldas his prisoner, Bayeux Tapestry, Scene 9.
Late eleventh century. Drawn by Gale Owen-Crocker.
Figure 4, p. 60. Guy faces William’s envoys, Bayeux Tapestry, Scene 10. Late
eleventh century. Drawn by Gale Owen-Crocker.
Figure 5, p. 62. William, Norman envoys, and English petitioner, Bayeux
Tapestry, Scene 12.Late eleventh century. Drawn by Gale-Owen Crocker.
Figure 6,p.63.GuyhandsoverHaroldto William, Bayeux Tapestry, Scene 13.
Late eleventh century. Photo reproduced with special permission of the City
of Bayeux.
Figure 7, p. 66. William and Harold in discussion at Rouen, Bayeux Tapestry,
Scene 14. Late eleventh century. Photo reproduced with specialpermission
of theCity of Bayeux.
Figure 8, p. 66. William watches Harold swearing his oath, Bayeux Tapestry,
Scene 23. Lateeleventhcentury.Photoreproduced with special permission
of theCity of Bayeux.
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Figure 9, p. 67. Harold crowned, Bayeux Tapestry, Scene 30. Late eleventh
century. Photo reproduced with special permission of theCity of Bayeux.
Figure 10, p. 69. William makes the decision to build ships, Bayeux Tapestry,
Scene 35. Late eleventh century. Photo reproduced with specialpermission
of theCity of Bayeux.
Figure 11, p. 70. William and his brothers at Hastings, Bayeux Tapestry, Scene
44. Late eleventh century. Photo reproduced with special permission of the
City of Bayeux.
Bolgia
Figure 12, p. 76: S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome. Late thirteenth century. Photo
courtesy of Claudia Bolgia.
Figure 13,p. 77: S. Maria in Aracoeli, exterior of the Savellichapel, mosaic shield
of the Savellifamily, Rome.Photo courtesy of Claudia Bolgia.
Figure 14, p. 78: S. Silvestro in Capite, Colonna chapel, mosaic shield of the
Colonna family, Rome.Photo courtesy of Claudia Bolgia.
Figure 15, p. 80: Plan of S. Maria in Aracoeli (after Pietrangeli, Capitolium,
40–44, 1965, pp. 192–93, modified by the author). Photo courtesy of
Claudia Bolgia.
Figure 16,p. 81: Palazzo Colonna, mosaic frieze from the Colonna chapel at S.
Maria in Aracoeli,Rome.Photo courtesy of Claudia Bolgia.
Figure 17,p.82:S.MariainAracoeli,ninthchapel onthe left (north) side (L9
in Fig. 15), ‘upper room’, Rome.Photo courtesy of Claudia Bolgia.
Figure 18,p.82:S.Maria in Aracoeli,ninth chapel on the left side, ‘upper room’,
blocked-up window, Rome.Photo courtesy of Claudia Bolgia.
Figure 19, p. 85: S. Maria in Aracoeli, ninth chapel on the left side, exterior,
Rome.Photo courtesy of Claudia Bolgia.
Figure 20,p.86:S.MariainAracoeli,ninthchapelontheleftside,original vault,
Rome.Photo courtesy of Claudia Bolgia.
Figure 21, p. 87: S. Maria in Aracoeli, eighth chapelontheright (south) side (R8
in Fig. 15), vault, Rome.Photo courtesy of Claudia Bolgia.
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