Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Ages
Edited By Christian Scholl, Torben R. Gebhardt and Jan Clauß
During the Middle Ages, rulers from different regions aspired to an idea of imperial hegemony. On the other hand, there were rulers who deliberately refused to be «emperors», although their reign showed characteristics of imperial rule. The contributions in this volume ask for the reasons why some rulers such as Charlemagne strove for imperial titles, whereas others voluntarily shrank from them. They also look at the characteristics of and rituals connected to imperial rule as well as to the way Medieval empires saw themselves. Thus, the authors in this volume adopt a transcultural perspective, covering Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Europe, Byzantium and the Middle East. Furthermore, they go beyond the borders of Christianity by including various caliphates and Islamic «hegemonic» rulers like Saladin.
- Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2017. 380 pp., 2 ill., 2 tables
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Ages: Introduction (Christian Scholl / Torben R. Gebhardt / Jan Clauß)
- Imitatio Imperii? Elements of Imperial Rule in the Barbarian Successor States of the Roman West (Christian Scholl)
- Introduction
- Reasons for the imitation of Imperial rule
- Imperial elements adopted by the Barbarian rulers
- Imperial elements not adopted by the Barbarian rulers
- Conclusion
- Barbarian Emperors? Aspects of the Byzantine Perception of the qaghan (chaganos) in the Earlier Middle Ages (Sebastian Kolditz)
- Imports and Embargos of Imperial Concepts in the Frankish Kingdom. The Promotion of Charlemagne’s Imperial Coronation in Carolingian Courtly Culture (Jan Clauß)
- Introduction: Charlemagne’s Imperial Coronation and its Early Medieval Context
- Charlemagne’s Imperial Coronation – Expression of a Changed Topography of Power
- Carolingian Power and Cultural Politics
- Theodulf of Orléans as an Arbiter of Frankish Imperial Concepts
- Conclusion
- How to Become Emperor – John VIII and the Role of the Papacy in the 9th Century (Simon Groth)
- Imperial Aspirations in Provence and Burgundy (Jessika Nowak)
- Family ties and Carolingian background
- Patrimony, possessions and bonds in the Regnum Italiae
- Relationship with the Papacy
- The conception of kingship in Provence and Burgundy
- From Bretwalda to Basileus: Imperial Concepts in Late Anglo-Saxon England? (Torben R. Gebhardt)
- The Caliphates between Imperial Rule and Imagined Suzerainty – A Case Study on Imperial Rituals during Saladin’s Rise to Power (Nadeem Khan)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Empire – A definition
- a) Internal aspects
- b) External aspects
- c) Dynastical aspects
- 3. The caliphates
- a) The Rāšidūn Caliphate
- b) The Umayyād Caliphate
- c) The ʿAbbāsid Caliphate
- d) The Fāṭimid Caliphate
- Summary
- 4. Symbolic communication and rituals
- a) Bayʿa
- b) Ḫuṭba
- c) Sikka
- d) Ḫilʿa
- Summary
- 5. Saladin
- a) A family in service of the Zengids
- b) Saladin’s beginnings in Egypt
- c) Saladin between two caliphs
- d) Tensions between Nūr ad-Dīn and Saladin
- e) Ayyūbid expansion and stabilization
- f) The culmination of Saladin’s rise to power
- Summary
- 6. Conclusion
- Von verlorenen Hufeisen und brennenden Nüssen – Über Konflikte im Rahmen des „diplomatischen“ Zeremoniells des byzantinischen Kaiserhofes (Tobias Hoffmann)
- Byzantium – Rome – Denmark – Iceland: Dealing with Imperial Concepts in the North (Roland Scheel)
- The semantics of keisari, imperator and imperium
- Compounds containing keisari
- Imperium and imperator
- The Translation of Empire and its semantic renouncement
- Rex imperio dignus – rex imperator in regno suo
- Scandinavians and Byzantine Emperors
- The Semantics of Byzantium
- Conclusion
- Intoxication with Virtuality. French Princes and Aegean Titles (Stefan Burkhardt)
- Imperiale Konzepte in der mittelalterlichen Historiographie Polens vom 12. bis zum 15. Jahrhundert (Grischa Vercamer)
- 1. Diskurs der Herkunft:
- 2. Diskurs des ‚Pan-Slawismus‘ und des Hegemonie-Anspruchs der Polen:
- 3. Diskurs der passiven und reagierenden Herrschaftsausbreitung:
- 4. Diskurs des Freiheitsgedankens:
- 5. Diskurs der herrscherlichen Demut und Einfachheit:
- 6. Diskurs der Zurückweisung ‚imperialer Aggressoren‘:
- 7. Der Diskurs der Staatsgründung:
- 8. Diskurs des Namens:
- Fazit:
- List of Contributors
- Index of Names and Places
- Index of Names
- Index of Places
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Christian Scholl, Torben R. Gebhardt, Jan Clauß (Münster)
Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Ages: Introduction
Imitatio Imperii? Elements of Imperial Rule in the Barbarian Successor States of the Roman West
Sebastian Kolditz (Heidelberg)
Barbarian Emperors? Aspects of the Byzantine Perception of the qaghan (chaganos) in the Earlier Middle Ages
Imports and Embargos of Imperial Concepts in the Frankish Kingdom. The Promotion of Charlemagne’s Imperial Coronation in Carolingian Courtly Culture
Simon Groth (Frankfurt am Main)
How to Become Emperor – John VIII and the Role of the Papacy in the 9th Century
Jessika Nowak (Frankfurt am Main/Freiburg)
Imperial Aspirations in Provence and Burgundy
From Bretwalda to Basileus: Imperial Concepts in Late Anglo-Saxon England?
The Caliphates between Imperial Rule and Imagined Suzerainty – A Case Study on Imperial Rituals during Saladin’s Rise to Power
Von verlorenen Hufeisen und brennenden Nüssen – Über Konflikte im Rahmen des „diplomatischen“ Zeremoniells des byzantinischen Kaiserhofes←5 | 6→
Byzantium – Rome – Denmark – Iceland: Dealing with Imperial Concepts in the North
Intoxication with Virtuality. French Princes and Aegean Titles
Imperiale Konzepte in der mittelalterlichen Historiographie
Polens vom 12. bis zum 15. Jahrhundert
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Ages: Introduction (Christian Scholl / Torben R. Gebhardt / Jan Clauß)
- Imitatio Imperii? Elements of Imperial Rule in the Barbarian Successor States of the Roman West (Christian Scholl)
- Introduction
- Reasons for the imitation of Imperial rule
- Imperial elements adopted by the Barbarian rulers
- Imperial elements not adopted by the Barbarian rulers
- Conclusion
- Barbarian Emperors? Aspects of the Byzantine Perception of the qaghan (chaganos) in the Earlier Middle Ages (Sebastian Kolditz)
- Imports and Embargos of Imperial Concepts in the Frankish Kingdom. The Promotion of Charlemagne’s Imperial Coronation in Carolingian Courtly Culture (Jan Clauß)
- Introduction: Charlemagne’s Imperial Coronation and its Early Medieval Context
- Charlemagne’s Imperial Coronation – Expression of a Changed Topography of Power
- Carolingian Power and Cultural Politics
- Theodulf of Orléans as an Arbiter of Frankish Imperial Concepts
- Conclusion
- How to Become Emperor – John VIII and the Role of the Papacy in the 9th Century (Simon Groth)
- Imperial Aspirations in Provence and Burgundy (Jessika Nowak)
- Family ties and Carolingian background
- Patrimony, possessions and bonds in the Regnum Italiae
- Relationship with the Papacy
- The conception of kingship in Provence and Burgundy
- From Bretwalda to Basileus: Imperial Concepts in Late Anglo-Saxon England? (Torben R. Gebhardt)
- The Caliphates between Imperial Rule and Imagined Suzerainty – A Case Study on Imperial Rituals during Saladin’s Rise to Power (Nadeem Khan)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Empire – A definition
- a) Internal aspects
- b) External aspects
- c) Dynastical aspects
- 3. The caliphates
- a) The Rāšidūn Caliphate
- b) The Umayyād Caliphate
- c) The ʿAbbāsid Caliphate
- d) The Fāṭimid Caliphate
- Summary
- 4. Symbolic communication and rituals
- a) Bayʿa
- b) Ḫuṭba
- c) Sikka
- d) Ḫilʿa
- Summary
- 5. Saladin
- a) A family in service of the Zengids
- b) Saladin’s beginnings in Egypt
- c) Saladin between two caliphs
- d) Tensions between Nūr ad-Dīn and Saladin
- e) Ayyūbid expansion and stabilization
- f) The culmination of Saladin’s rise to power
- Summary
- 6. Conclusion
- Von verlorenen Hufeisen und brennenden Nüssen – Über Konflikte im Rahmen des „diplomatischen“ Zeremoniells des byzantinischen Kaiserhofes (Tobias Hoffmann)
- Byzantium – Rome – Denmark – Iceland: Dealing with Imperial Concepts in the North (Roland Scheel)
- The semantics of keisari, imperator and imperium
- Compounds containing keisari
- Imperium and imperator
- The Translation of Empire and its semantic renouncement
- Rex imperio dignus – rex imperator in regno suo
- Scandinavians and Byzantine Emperors
- The Semantics of Byzantium
- Conclusion
- Intoxication with Virtuality. French Princes and Aegean Titles (Stefan Burkhardt)
- Imperiale Konzepte in der mittelalterlichen Historiographie Polens vom 12. bis zum 15. Jahrhundert (Grischa Vercamer)
- 1. Diskurs der Herkunft:
- 2. Diskurs des ‚Pan-Slawismus‘ und des Hegemonie-Anspruchs der Polen:
- 3. Diskurs der passiven und reagierenden Herrschaftsausbreitung:
- 4. Diskurs des Freiheitsgedankens:
- 5. Diskurs der herrscherlichen Demut und Einfachheit:
- 6. Diskurs der Zurückweisung ‚imperialer Aggressoren‘:
- 7. Der Diskurs der Staatsgründung:
- 8. Diskurs des Namens:
- Fazit:
- List of Contributors
- Index of Names and Places
- Index of Names
- Index of Places