Symbols as Power: The Papacy Following the Investiture Contest

312 Pages·1991·29.636 MB·English

by  Mary Stroll

BRILL'S STUDIES
IN
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
General Editor
A.J. VANDERJAGT, University of Groningen
Editorial Board
M. COLISH, Oberlin College
J.I. ISRAEL, University College, London
J.D. NORTH, University of Groningen
H.A. OBERMAN, University of Arizona, Tucson
R.H. POPKIN, Washington University, St. Louis-UCLA
VOLUME 24
SYMBOLS AS POWER
The Papacy folhwing the Investiture Contest
BY
MARY STROLL
** J. *
E.J. BRILL
LEIDEN · NEW YORK · KOBENHAVN · KÖLN
1991
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Stroll, Mary.
Symbols as power: the papacy following the investiture contest /
by Mary Stroll.
p. cm.—(Brill's studies in intellectual history, ISSN
0920-8607; v. 24)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 90-04-09374-5 (alk. paper)
1. Catholic Church. Pope (1119-1124: Callistus II) 2. Papacy-
History—To 1309. 3. Popes—Temporal power. 4. Church and state-
Europe—History. 5. Europe—Church history—Middle Ages,
600-1500. I. Title. II. Series.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Page
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi
INTRODUCTION xv
1. Calixtus II: Imperial Motifs in
Santa Maria in Cosmedin 1
2. The Lateran: Antipopes as Footstools 16
3. Calixtus Triumphant: St. Chrysogonus and
St. Peter's 36
4. Liturgy and Ceremony 45
5. The Coronations of 1111 As the Background for
Ordo C 57
6. Calixtus as the Author of Ordo C 78
7. Honorius II and the Pierleoni 93
8. Papal Thrones and the Apse Fresco in
San Lorenzo in Lucina 106
9. The Apse Mosaic in San Clemente 118
10. The Apse Fresco in the Chapel of St. Nicholas in
the Lateran Palace 132
11. The Altar of Augustus in Santa Maria in Capitoiio 150
12. Innocent II: Santa Maria in Trastevere 162
13. Innocent II: The Imperial Pope 180
14. The Aftermath of the Lateran Frescoes and
St. Peter's 193
15. A Dip in the Curve 209
BIBLIOGRAPHY 215
INDEX 233