Men in the Middle. Local Priests in Early Medieval Europe

• Other Authors: Patzold, Steffen (Editor), van van Rhijn, Carine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2016
• Subjects: Medieval history; Philosophy: aesthetics; Church history; Early middle ages; social history; history of Christianity
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This volume studies local priests as central players in small communities of early medieval Europe. On the one hand, manuscript evidence shows their knowledge, expertise and potential to teach, whereas charter collections shed light on local priests as active members of networks of the locally power...