Rome and Religion in the Medieval World: Studies in Honor of Thomas F.X. Noble (Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West)

Rome And Religion In The Medieval World Provides A Panoramic And Interdisciplinary Exploration Of Rome And Religious Culture. The Studies Build Upon Or Engage Thomas F.x. Noble’s Interest In Rome, Especially His Landmark Contributions To The Origins Of The Papal States And Early Medieval Image Controversies. Scholars From A Variety Of Disciplines Offer New Viewpoints On Key Issues And Questions Relating To Medieval Religious, Cultural And Intellectual History. Each Study Explores Different Dimensions Of Rome And Religion, Including Medieval Art, Theology, Material Culture, Politics, Education, Law, And Religious Practice. Drawing Upon A Wide Range Of Sources, Including Manuscripts, Relics, Historical And Normative Texts, Theological Tracts, And Poetry, The Authors Illuminate The Complexities Of Medieval Christianity, Especially As Practiced In The City Of Rome Itself, And Elsewhere In Europe When Influenced By The Idea Of Rome. Some Trace Early Medieval Legacies To The Early Modern Period When Protestant And Catholic Theologians Used Early Medieval Religious Texts To Define And Debate Forms Of Roman Christianity. The Essays Highlight And Deepen Scholarly Appreciation Of Rome In The Rich And Varied Religious Culture Of The Medieval World.-- Thomas F.x. Noble : An Appreciation / Valerie L. Garver And Owen Phelan -- Bibliography Of The Works Of Thomas F.x. Noble -- Discipuli Nobilis : A Listing Of The Students Of Thomas F.x. Noble -- Whatever Mystery May Be Given To My Heart : A Latent Image In Arator's History Of The Apostles / Giselle De Nie -- Getting To Know Virgil In The Carolingian Age : The Vita Publii Virgilii / John J. Contreni -- Why Not To Marry A Foreign Woman : Stephen Iii's Letter To Charlemagne / Walter Pohl -- Opposition To Pilgrimage In The Reign Of Charlemagne? / Janet L. Nelson -- The Sources Of Textiles And Vestments In Early Medieval Rome / Maureen C. Miller -- Christening, The Kingdom Of The Carolingians, And European Humanity / John Van Engen -- The Astronomer's Life Of Louis The Pious / David Ganz -- Paschasius Radbertus And Pseudo-isidore : The Evidence Of The Epitaphium Arsenii / Mayke De Jong -- Care Of Relics In Early Medieval Rome / Julia M.h. Smith -- Rome And The Popes In The Construction Of Institutional History And Identity In The Early Middle Ages : The Case Of Leiden Universiteitsbibliotheek Scaliger Ms 49 / Rosamond Mckitterick -- What's In A Psalm? : British Library Ms. Arundel 60 And The Stuff Of Prayer / Rachel Fulton Brown -- Prolegomenon To A Study Of The Vienna Coronation Gospels : Common Knowledge, Scholarship, Tradition, Legend, Myth / Lawrence Nees -- Toward Evolution : The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions And The Receptions Of The Libri Carolini In The Seventeenth Century / Karl F. Morrison. Edited By Valerie L. Garver And Owen M. Phelan. Bibliography Of The Works Of Thomas F.x. Noble, 1974-2013: Pages Xxi-xxvi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Plates 10 Notes on Contributors 12 Acknowledgments 16 Thomas F.X. Noble: An Appreciation 18 Bibliography of the Works of Thomas F.X. Noble, 1974–2013 22 Discipuli Nobilis 28 1 “Whatever Mystery May be Given to My Heart”: A Latent Image in Arator’s History of the Apostles 30 2 Getting to Know Virgil in the Carolingian Age: The Vita Publii Virgilii 50 3 Why Not to Marry a Foreign Woman: Stephen III’s Letter to Charlemagne 76 4 Opposition to Pilgrimage in the Reign of Charlemagne? 94 5 The Sources of Textiles and Vestments in Early Medieval Rome 112 6 Christening, the Kingdom of the Carolingians, and European Humanity 130 7 The Astronomer’s Life of Louis the Pious 158 8 Paschasius Radbertus and Pseudo-Isidore: The Evidence of the Epitaphium Arsenii 178 9 Care of Relics in Early Medieval Rome 208 10 Rome and the Popes in the Construction of Institutional History and Identity in the Early Middle Ages: The Case of Leiden Universiteitsbibliotheek Scaliger MS 49 247 11 What’s in a Psalm? British Library, MS Arundel 60 and the Stuff of Prayer 275 12 Prolegomenon to a Study of the Vienna Coronation Gospels: Common Knowledge, Scholarship, Tradition, Legend, Myth 293 13 Toward Evolution: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and the Receptions of the Libri Carolini in the Seventeenth Century 315 Index of Manuscripts 375 General Index 377 Studies in Honor of Thomas F.X. Noble The original essays in this volume build upon Thomas F.X. Noble's interest in Rome, especially his landmark contributions to the origins of the Papal States and early medieval image controversies, thus providing a panoramic and interdisciplinary exploration of Rome and religious culture. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, including manuscripts.