On the shoulders of giants : essays in honor of Glenn Olsen /

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Imprint:Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2015.
Description:xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Papers in mediaeval studies ; 27
Papers in mediaeval studies ; 27.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10533822
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Other uniform titles:Olsen, Glenn W. (Glenn Warren), 1938-
Olsen Pierre, Teresa,
Appleby, David F,
Neel, Carol. Mother, father, king.
Other authors / contributors:Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, issuing body.
ISBN:9780888448279 (bound)
0888448279 (bound)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Issued also in electronic format.
Summary:"A collection of essays on principally medieval and early modern culture."--
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. The Authority of the Past
  • Mother, Father, King: Dhuoda and Carolingian Patriarchy
  • Stages of Political Development: Twelfth-Century Ireland as Ninth-Century England
  • Context and Process in the Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris: The Latin Historian's Art in the Iberian High Middle Ages
  • Part 2. Change and Growth
  • The Testing of Einhard's Religious Authority
  • Love and the Divorce of Lothar II
  • Ius fori and Ius poli: The Juridification of Classical Canon Law
  • Part 3. Renewal and Reform
  • Spiritual Emptiness and Ascetic Exile in the Middle Ages
  • Upright Posture and Human Dignity According to Bernard of Clairvaux
  • "A Little More than the Angels": Anthropology and the Imitatio Christi in a Catalán Sermon by Vicent Ferrer on Saint James the Greater
  • Part 4. Rejection of Tradition
  • The Contessa di Castiglione: Patriot or Prostitute?
  • A Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Tabula Gratulatoria
  • Index of Scriptural Citations
  • General Index