Author : Ludger Körntgen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783119163408
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (634 download)
Book Synopsis Religion and Politics in the Middle Ages (Religion und Politik Im Mittelalter) by : Ludger Körntgen
Download or read book Religion and Politics in the Middle Ages (Religion und Politik Im Mittelalter) written by Ludger Körntgen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.