Inauguration and political liturgy in the Hohenstaufen Empire, 1138–1215

Dale, Johanna

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“…Although isolated denunciations of this traditional desacralisation paradigm can be found earlier, it is really only since the turn of the century that it has come under more sustained attack (e.g., Angenendt, ; Dale, ; Erkens, , , ; Hoffmann, ; Körntgen, , , ). Interestingly, historians who have also worked on the earlier Middle Ages have been most critical of the paradigm.…”

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Conceptions of kingship in high‐medieval Germany in historiographical perspective

Dale

2018

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Historians of medieval kingship have been influenced by a teleology that sees the development of the secular modern state as inevitable. Therefore, the desacralisation of kingship is considered a key moment on the path to modern state formation. In Germany, the moment of desacralisation has traditionally been identified in 1077, when king Henry IV submitted to Pope Gregory VII at Canossa. Thereafter, the spell of Ottonian sacral kingship was punctured, and Henry's twelfth‐century successors were forced to look to Roman law and the support of the princes for legitimation. In this essay, we first examine the historiography of this traditional three‐phase paradigm, before introducing some recent scholarship that challenges the paradigm and criticises the universal explanatory power of the demise of sacral kingship as a catch‐all reason for change, at the expense of complex political, social, and economic factors.

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Translating German Emperors: A Staufen–Sicilian Synthesis under Henry VI?

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2023

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The Staufen conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1194 can be understood as the violent destruction of a sophisticated and cosmopolitan Norman kingdom and its replacement by a new dynasty with starkly different cultural and political models. Indeed, many contemporary authors decried the brutality associated with Henry VI's conquest. This article considers the other side of the coin by examining the evidence for attempts to integrate Henry VI into the local models associated with the previous monarchy. Despite the limited survival of evidence, there is reason to think that Staufen administrators deliberately continued and cultivated the ceremonies and traditions associated with the Norman Hauteville crown. Moreover, Sicilian elites had meaningful incentives to help translate between Norman and Staufen cultures. Finally, this article examines how a language of Staufen imperial authority could be blended with traditions of Norman rule. CONSUMING THE ROYAL MENAGERIEIn late 1194, at the end of a long campaign, the troops of Henry VI finally arrived at the outskirts of Palermo. Sicily was one further crown to be added to Henry's collection: He had been the elected King of Germany since 1169 and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1191. Henry's claim to the Kingdom of Sicily came through Constance, his wife. Constance was the daughter of the Kingdom's founder, Roger II (r. 1130−1154), and aunt of the recently deceased King William II (d. 1189). Realizing Constance's claim had not been easy: Henry first attempted conquest in 1191 but was forced to withdraw due to both his own ill health and political unrest within Germany. Meanwhile, local Sicilian elites crowned their own candidate, Count TancredThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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The Horoscope of Emperor Baldwin II

Tricht¹

2018

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Inauguration and political liturgy in the Hohenstaufen Empire, 1138–1215

Abstract: 8 As Andreas Büttner has pointed out in his useful summary of existing scholarship on inauguration, the structure of the Empire has acted to ensure the imperial rite has received more attention than the royal ritual.

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Conceptions of kingship in high‐medieval Germany in historiographical perspective

Conceptions of kingship in high‐medieval Germany in historiographical perspective

Translating German Emperors: A Staufen–Sicilian Synthesis under Henry VI?

The Horoscope of Emperor Baldwin II

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