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Author Michałowski, Roman.

Title The Gniezno Summit : the religious premises of the founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno / by Roman Michałowski ; translated by Anna Kijak ; language editor for the translation, Richard John Butterwick-Pawlikowski
Published Leiden : Brill, 2016

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Series East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; volume 38
East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; volume 38.
Contents Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Archbishoprics and Church Provinces in the Early Medieval Latin Church -- 2 The Founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno: Religious Premises and Political Consequences -- 3 Otto iii's Political Thought and Spirituality -- Conclusion -- Afterword to the English Edition -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary In The Gniezno Summit Roman Michałowski analyses the reasons behind the founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno during Otto III's encounter with Bolesław Chrobry in Gniezno in 1000. For Michałowski there were two main reasons. One was the martyrdom of St. Adalbert, the Apostle of the Prussians. His body was buried in Gniezno, which put the Gniezno bishopric on a par with bishoprics founded by the Apostles. This was an important argument in favour of Gniezno being raised to the rank of archbishopric. The other reason was Otto III's spirituality. The emperor was fascinated with the idea of asceticism and abandoning the world. Hence his political programme, the Renovatio Imperii Romanorum, also had religious aims, and Otto tried to support missions among the pagans. To that end he needed an archbishopric on the north-eastern outskirts of the Empire
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 11, 2016)
SUBJECT Otto III. Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser 980-1002 gnd
Subject Catholic Church. Province of Gniezno (Poland) -- History -- Dioceses
SUBJECT Catholic Church. Province of Gniezno (Poland) fast
Subject RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
Dioceses
Diözese Gnesen-Posen
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Kijak, Anna, translator
Butterwick-Pawlikowski, Richard John, editor
ISBN 9789004317512
9004317511