The Gniezno Summit

The Religious Premises of the Founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-30523-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 714 g

Reihe: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450

In The Gniezno Summit Roman Michalowski analyses the reasons behind the founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno during Otto III’s encounter with Boleslaw Chrobry in Gniezno in 1000.
For Michalowski there were two main reasons. One was the martyrdom of St. Adalbert, the Apostle of the Prussians. His body was buried in Gniezno, which put the Gniezno bishopric on a par with bishoprics founded by the Apostles. This was an important argument in favour of Gniezno being raised to the rank of archbishopric. The other reason was Otto III’s spirituality. The emperor was fascinated with the idea of asceticism and abandoning the world. Hence his political programme, the Renovatio Imperii Romanorum, also had religious aims, and Otto tried to support missions among the pagans. To that end he needed an archbishopric on the north-eastern outskirts of the Empire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michalowski, Roman

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
List of Abbreviations vii
Introduction 1
1 Archbishoprics and Church Provinces in the Early Medieval Latin
Church 8
1 The Emergence of the Archbishopric and the Church Province as
Institutions 8
2 The Ideological Content of the Term Archbishopric 15
3 The Example of Salzburg 42
4 The Example of Passau 55
5 The Example of Benevento 68
6 Summing Up 72
2 The Founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno: Religious Premises and
Political Consequences 74
1 Introductory Remarks 74
2 An Overview of Events 81
3 Otto III, a Servant of Jesus Christ and Adalbert the Martyr 95
4 St. Adalbert’s Shrine on the Tiber Island 136
5 The Meaning of the Title Archiepiscopus sancti Adalberti 182
6 Boleslaw Chrobry as an Imperial Associate 187
7 German Archbishoprics in the Face of Otto III’s Church Policy 206
8 Summing Up 221
3 Otto III’s Political Thought and Spirituality 223
1 Renovatio Imperii Romanorum and its Religious Premises 223
2 The Spirit of Asceticism and Penance 265
3 The King’s Sinfulness in Ottonian Historiography 273
4 Otto III’s Spirituality and Religious Movements in Ottonian
Europe 294
5 Summing Up 329
Conclusion 332
Afterword to the English Edition 340
Bibliography 345
Index 388

Über Autor(innen)

Roman Michalowski, Ph.D. (1979), University of Warsaw, is Professor of the Medieval History at that university. He has published monographs and many articles on the Middle Ages, including Princeps fundator (Arx Regia, 1993).