Rethinking the Carolingian reforms

by Arthur Westwell (Editor), Ingrid Rembold (Editor), Carine van Rhijn (Editor)

Overview

The Carolingian period (c. 750-900) has traditionally been described as one of ‘reform’ or ‘renaissance’, where cultural and intellectual changes were imposed from above in a programme of correctio. This view leans heavily on prescriptive texts issued by kings and their entourages, foregrounding royal initiative and the cultural products of a small intellectual elite. However, attention to understudied texts and manuscripts of the period reveals a vibrant striving for moral improvement and positive change at all levels of society. This expressed itself in a variety of ways for different individuals and communities, whose personal relationships could be just as influential as top-down prescription. The often anonymous creators and copyists in a huge range of centres emerge as active participants in shaping and re-shaping the ideals of their world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526178787
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	04/30/2024
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Arthur Westwell is wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Universityät Regensburg

Ingrid Rembold is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester

Carine van Rhijn is a Lecturer in Medieval History at Utrecht University

Table of Contents

Introduction: rethinking the Carolingian reforms – Carine van Rhijn
1 Gender and horizontal networks in Carolingian monasticisms (up to c. 840) – Ingrid Rembold
2 Analysing Attigny: contextualising Chrodegang of Metz’s influence on the life of canons – Stephen Ling
3 A Carolingian ‘reform of education' The reception of Alcuin’s pedagogy – Cinzia Grifoni and Giorgia Vocino
4 Correcting the liturgy and sacred language – Els Rose and Arthur Westwell
5 Error assessment: how to distinguish between true and false? – Irene van Renswoude
6 Reformatio and correctio in Carolingian theology and orthodoxy: reformation or aggiornamento? – Kristina Mitalaité
Index