GERMAN

Mahnen und Regieren: Die Metapher des Hirten im früheren Mittelalter

By Monika Suchan

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2015
ISBN
9783110415230, 9783110412109
DOI
10.1515/9783110415230
Language
german
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1730700 bytes)
Series
Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies; 56
Pages
443\0
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-07-24 06:20:34

Description

The shepherd metaphor is widely diffused in many civilizations. Using this metaphor Pope Gregory introduced a successful leadership model which, as the Author shows, was further developed by the clergy and the kings in Carolingian times. This book sheds new light on politics in the Early Middle Ages, depicting it less as a form of power legitimated by divine right, than as social discourse between leadership groups.

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