Benjamin Pohl

Abbatial Authority and the Writing of History in the Middle Ages

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 165mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 862g
• ISBN-13: 9780198795377
• ISBN-10: 0198795378
• Artikelnr.: 68503535

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Pohl is Associate Professor in Medieval History with research interests in monastic history, manuscript studies, palaeography and codicology, book history, historical writing, and cultural memory studies. He has published widely on the history of medieval Normandy, England, and other parts of Europe (including Germany and Italy). Having received his PhD from the University of Bamberg, he held postdoctoral research fellowships at Bamberg, Cambridge, and Ghent before being appointed at Bristol in 2015. He has won numerous awards and scholarships and is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Royal Historical Society, and the Higher Education Academy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Abbatial Authorship
2: Abbatial Patronage
3: Abbatial Book Provision and Library Building
4: 'In studio abbatis'
Conclusion
Appendix: The Abbots of Flavigny and Their Deeds (Series abbatum Flaviniacensium)