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The Politics of Interpretation: The Bible and the Formation of Legal Authority in the Early Middle Ages

Gerda Heydemann, Rosamond McKitterick (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2025 | 2025
Jan Thorbecke Verlag
978-3-7995-6097-9 (ISBN)

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Early medieval political thought was profoundly influenced by scripture. This included law and legal culture: the Bible provided early medieval elites with the concepts and vocabularies to write about social relations and their regulation. Scriptural citations could be directly adopted as law, or cited to explain, legitimize or criticize norms. This recourse to biblical authority was not straightforward: The application of biblical models to current social problems created tensions and the need for interpretation and translation, resulting in debates about the salience and authority of biblical law. This volume brings together papers by specialists in early medieval law as well as biblical exegesis, addressing the impact of biblical thought on early medieval legal cultures from early medieval Ireland to Spain and Carolingian Francia.Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch

Gerda Heydemann is Professor of Late Antique and Early Medieval History at Freie Universität Berlin.

Rosamond McKitterick is Professor Emerita of Medieval History in the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Sidney Sussex College.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.08.2025
Reihe/Serie	Quellen und Forschungen zum Recht im Mittelalter ; 17
Verlagsort	Ostfildern
Sprache	englisch; deutsch
Maße	165 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
Schlagworte	Bibel • Bibelinterpretation • Herrschaftsansprüche • Karolinger • Recht • Rechtssammlungen • Westgoten
ISBN-10	3-7995-6097-1 / 3799560971
ISBN-13	978-3-7995-6097-9 / 9783799560979
Zustand	Neuware