Religion und Politik im Mittelalter : Deutschland und England im Vergleich = Religion and politics in the Middle Ages : Germany and England by comparison

The increased interest in religion as a phenomenon and its various cultural contexts is encouraging a focus on the relationship between religion and politics. However, the political relevance of the religious and the interdependence between political and religious spheres has always been a major area of medieval research. The articles in this volume consider not only the principle inseparability of both spheres as previously established by research, but also the beginnings of a differentiation and relative autonomy of religion and politics within the framework of a comparison between Germany and the United Kingdom. This allows the identification of restrictions within the research traditions that are due to national histories and points to ways of overcoming these restrictions. Religion and politics in the reign of Charlemagne / Janet L. Nelson Bischöfe als Königsmacher? : Selbstverständnis und Anspruch des Episkopats bei Herrscherwechseln im 10. und frühen 11. Jahrhundert / Dominik Wassenhoven Individual and collective sinning in tenth- and eleventh-century England : penance, piety and the law / Catherine Cubitt A view from afar : English perspectives on religion and politics in the investiture conflict / Stuart Airlie Der Investiturstreit und das Verhaltnis von Religion und Politik im Frühmittelalter / Ludger Körntgen Karl der Grosse : ein "politischer Heiliger" im 12. Jahrhundert? / Knut Görich Bishops and Kings in England, c.1066-c.1215 / Björn Weiler The English monarchy and the promotion of religion in the fourteenth century / W. Mark Ormrod Religion und Politik im spätmittelalterlichen deutschen Reich / Amalie Fössel. List of Abbreviations/Abkürzungsverzeichnis Einleitung Religion and Politics in the Reign of Charlemagne Bischöfe als Königsmacher? Selbstverständnis und Anspruch desEpiskopats bei Herrscherwechseln im 10. und frühen 11. Jahrhundert Individual and Collective Sinning in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century England: Penance, Piety and the Law A View from Afar. English Perspectives on Religion and Politicsin the Investiture Conflict Der Investiturstreit und das Verhältnis von Religion und Politik im Frühmittelalter Karl der Große – ein 'politischer Heiliger' im 12. Jahrhundert? Bishops and Kings in England, c.1066–c.1215 The English Monarchy and the Promotion of Religionin the Fourteenth Century Religion und Politik im spätmittelalterlichen deutschen Reich List of Figures/Abbildungsverzeichnis List of Contributors/Autorenverzeichnis "The increased interest in religion as a phenomenon and its various cultural contexts is encouraging a focus on the relationship between religion and politics. However, the political relevance of the religious and the interdependence between political and religious spheres has always been a major area of medieval research. The articles in this volume consider not only the principle inseparability of both spheres as previously established by research, but also the beginnings of a differentiation and relative autonomy of religion and politics within the framework of a comparison between Germany and the United Kingdom. This allows the identification of restrictions within the research traditions that are due to national histories and points to ways of overcoming these restrictions."--Provided by publisher This volume consists of the papers presented at the conference of the Prince Albert Society held at Coburg in 2010. It was the first time that the annual conference was dedicated to a medieval topic, focusing on religion and politics from the late antiquity to the late medieval period