A Sacred City : Consecrating Churches and Reforming Society in Eleventh-Century Italy
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Manchester Medieval Studies
ISBN-10
0719080266
ISBN-13
9780719080265
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 1st, 2010
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
474 grams
Dimensions
14.60 x 22.30 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
European historyEarly history: c 500 to c 1450/1500Church history
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Through an examination of the rite and practice of consecrating (dedication) churches in eleventh-century Italy, A Sacred City examines how ritual was employed to foster the Gregorian reform and how sacred space shaped identity, generated conflict, and provoked a debate over symbolic meaning and ecclesiology among the reformers. -- .
The so-called Investiture Conflict was a watershed moment in the political life of the Latin West and the history of the papacy. Occurring at a time of rapid social change and political expansion, the eleventh-century reform movement became a debate centered on a ritual: the investment of bishops with the signs of their sacred and secular authority. The consecration of bishops, however, was only one of several contemporaneous conflicts over the significance of consecrations. Less well known is that which occurred over the dedication of churches. This book provides an examination of the consecration, placing the fundamental questions of the Gregorian Reform and Investiture Conflict back into their original liturgical framework. This context allows us to consider the symbolic richness of the liturgy that attracted large numbers of people.
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