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Auteur(s) : Webster, Paul (19..-..... ; médiéviste)
Titre(s) : King John and religion [Texte imprimé] / Paul Webster
Publication : Woodbridge : the Boydell press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-250 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Studies in the history of medieval religion, ISSN 0955-2480 ; 43
Lien à la collection : Studies in the history of medieval religion
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 201-232. Index
King John has been perceived as one of England's most notorious monarchs. Medieval
writers and later historians condemn him as a tyrant, seeing his long-running dispute
with the church as evidence of a king who showed little regard for his faith. This
book takes issue with orthodox opinion, arguing that in matters of religion, the critique
obscures the evidence for a ruler who realized that outward manifestations of faith
were an important part of kingship. It demonstrates that John maintained chapels and
chaplains, prayed at shrines of the saints, kept his own collection of holy relics,
endowed masses, founded and supported religious houses, and fed the poor - providing
for his soul and emphasising his aura of authority. In these areas, he ranks alongside
many other medieval rulers. The book also presents a major reassessment of the king's
dispute with the church, when England was subject to a general interdict, and the
king was excommunicate, the severest sanctions the medieval church could impose. It
reveals the lasting damage to the king's reputation, but also shows how royal religious
activity continued whilst king and pope were at loggerheads
Sujet(s) : Jean (1167-1216 ; roi d'Angleterre) -- Religion
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781783270293. - ISBN 1783270292 (rel.)
EAN 9781783270293
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45009071v
Notice n° :
FRBNF45009071
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