Title Abbatial authority and the writing of history in the Middle Ages / Benjamin Pohl

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) Contents Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Abbatial Authorship -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Writing with Authority -- 1.3 Historical Writing as Self-Fashioning -- 1.4 Abbess-Historians-An Exceptionalism? -- 1.5 Conclusions -- 2. Abbatial Patronage -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Abbatial Patronage-A Case Apart? -- 2.3 Resistance and Reinforcement -- 2.4 Commission, Competition, and Quality Control -- 2.5 Obscured and Concealed Patronage -- 2.6 Architects of Memory 2.7 Conclusions -- 3. Abbatial Book Provision and Library Building -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Book Production and Procurement -- 3.3 Books as Commemorative Currency -- 3.4 Resourcing and Collaboration -- 3.5 'Interlibrary Loans' -- 3.6 Conclusions -- 4. 'In studio abbatis' -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Abbatial Workplaces -- 4.3 Private Collections -- 4.4 Custodianship, Inheritance, and Bequest -- 4.5 Conclusions -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Abbots of Flavigny and Their Deeds -- Bibliography -- Index Summary How, why, and by whom was history written in medieval European monasteries? Benjamin Pohl investigates the communities' abbots or abbesses as prolific authors, patrons, commissioners, project managers, and facilitators of historical narratives; transforming our understanding of the writing of history in this fascinating period of Europe's history Notes Also issued in print: 2023 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Specialized Notes Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 14, 2023) Subject Middle Ages -- Historiography. Superiors, Religious -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 Historiography. Middle Ages -- Historiography. Superiors, Religious. European history. History. SUBJECT Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Historiography Subject Europe. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191836633 019183663X

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