{"product_id":"bonds-of-wool-the-pallium-and-papal-power-in-the-middle-ages-paperback-softback-9780813233703","title":"Bonds of Wool; The Pallium and Papal Power in the Middle Ages (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813233703","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBonds of Wool\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Pallium and Papal Power in the Middle Ages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSJ Schoenig (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813233703\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 13.9 x 3.1 cm, 0.658 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“An outstanding and stimulating monograph. The small size and humble material of the object that is its focus belies the historical significance Schoenig reveals through his erudite analysis and exposition of the development of papal power across the early and central Middle Ages.” - \u003ci\u003eChurch History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Concentrating on the eighth to twelfth centuries, \u003ci\u003eBonds of Wool\u003c\/i\u003e is engaging reading for students of church history and for others interested in the exercise of power.” - \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this exhaustive and superbly researched monograph, Steven Schoenig shows how the history of a seemingly humble liturgical garment can be used to document the evolution of the papal-monarchic ecclesiology of medieval western Christendom...will long be considered the definitive source for this subject.” -\u003ci\u003e Journal of Ecclesiastical History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a monumental work, of immense learning and interest, into which are skilfully woven together both the threads of significant change and development in the history of the medieval papacy, and innumerable lively details of the forces shaping the lives and endeavours of the Metropolitans and other bishops of Western Europe.” - \u003ci\u003eNew Blackfriars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Scholars and liturgical buffs will find much to learn and ponder in \u003ci\u003eBonds of Wool\u003c\/i\u003e. This scholarly study gives a thorough history of the band of white wool — worn around the collar of residential archbishops even to the present day — and its ties to medieval culture and the era’’s papal influence.” - \u003ci\u003eOur Sunday Visitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Schoenig’s mastery of the source documents and insights into the archival habits of the papal chancery make \u003ci\u003eBonds of Wool\u003c\/i\u003e of great value to historians, especially those focused on the history of the institutional church. Students of medieval gift exchange will also find this a rich source of inspiration.” - \u003ci\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the pallium the medieval papacy created a mechanism of control over the far-flung bishops of the Latin church, a prerogative by which the popes shared honor and power with local prelates—and simultaneously wielded power over them. Contributing to the sway and oversight of the Roman church, this vestment became part of the machinery of centralization that helped produce the high medieval papal monarchy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pallium was effective because it was a giŸft with strings attached. This band of white wool encircling the shoulders had been a papal insigne and liturgical vestment since late antiquity. It grew in prominence when the popes began to bestow it regularly on other bishops as a mark of distinction and a sign of their bond to the Roman church. \u003cem\u003eBonds ofWool\u003c\/em\u003e analyzes how, through adroit manipulation, this giftŸ came to function as an instrument of papal influence. It explores an abundant array of evidence from diverse genres—including chronicles and letters, saints’ lives and canonical collections, polemical treatises and liturgical commentaries, and hundreds of papal privileges—stretching from the eighth century to the thirteenth and representing nearly every region of Western Europe. These sources reveal that the papal conferral of the pallium was an occasion for intervening in local churches throughout the West and a means of examining, approving, and even disciplining key bishops, who were eventually required to request the pallium from Rome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of the pallium provides an enlightening window on medieval culture. Through it one can perceive how medieval society expressed beliefs and relationships through artifacts and customs, and one can retrieve the aims and attitudes underlying medieval rituals and symbols. Following the story of this simple material object sheds light on some of the ways medieval people structured their society, exercised authority, and communicated ideas and values.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The Catholic University of America Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702370726168,"sku":"9780813233703","price":25.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bonds-of-wool-the-pallium-and-papal-power-in-the-middle-ages-paperback-softback-9780813233703","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}