Andrew Sorber

Prophecy and Politics in the Early Carolingian World (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that claims of divine revelation, resistant to any attempts to monopolize them, provided a powerful means of speaking with authority for all participants in Frankish political discourse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040020319
• Artikelnr.: 70301860

Autorenporträt

Andrew Sorber is an assistant professor of Humanities and History at Southern Virginia University and the program coordinator for History. His research and teaching explore the religious, political, and intellectual history of the early medieval Mediterranean world, with topics including apocalypticism, polemics, interreligious understanding, debate, and conflict. His publications focus on issues of authority in Islamic al-Andalus and the Frankish kingdoms ruled by the Carolingians. He completed a bachelor's degree in history at Brigham Young University, a master's degree at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a doctorate in medieval history at the University of Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 - Introduction: Prophetic Rhetoric and Apocalyptic Authority in the Carolingian World

Chapter 2 - Speaking for God in the Reigns of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious, 768-840

Chapter 3 - Reading and Reforming the World (c. 771-c. 789)

Chapter 4 - Confronting Crisis and Controlling Meaning (789-814)

Chapter 5 - Expanding Impact and Diminishing Control (814-829)

Chapter 6 - Pulling God Into Debate (829-840)

Chapter 7 - Epilogue: Prophetic Pasts and Apocalyptic Futures