Donation of Constantine and Constitutum Constantini The Misinterpretation of a Fiction and its Original Meaning. With a contribution by Wolfram Brandes: The Satraps of Constantine
The Donation of Constantine is the largest and most powerful forgery in world history. Disputed until modern times, this document was the fuel of religious war, used by both the reformation, as well as the counter-reformation. Johannes Fried not only reinterprets the origin of this forgery (i.e. he...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2012
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| Series: | Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | The Donation of Constantine is the largest and most powerful forgery in world history. Disputed until modern times, this document was the fuel of religious war, used by both the reformation, as well as the counter-reformation. Johannes Fried not only reinterprets the origin of this forgery (i.e. he ascribes it to the Franks` opposition of Emperor Louis the Pious), but retells, as well, the history of its misinterpretation since the High Middle Ages. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (201 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110902235 9783110185393 |
| Access: | Open Access |