• Episode 5: liturgy and kingship with Pawel Figurski (Poland)

  • Jan 30 2022
  • Length: 23 mins
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Episode 5: liturgy and kingship with Pawel Figurski (Poland)

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  • Did kingship become 'desacralised' during the 11th century in the Latin West? In this episode I discuss the changing liturgy of kingship with Pawel Figurski (Polish Academy of Sciences).


    References to works mentioned in the podcast

    • P. Figurski, 'Das sakramentale Herrscherbild in der politischen Kultur des Frühmittelalters', Frühmittelalterliche Studien vol. 50 (2017) p. 129-162
    • P. Figurski, J. Dale, P. Byttebier (eds.) Political Liturgies in the High Middle Ages. Beyond the Legacy of Ernst H. Kantorowicz, forthcoming
    • P. Figurski, Dangerous Prayers. The Eucharistic Liturgies and the Forging of Sacramental Kingship in Europe (c.800–c.1200), in preparation
    • E. Kantorowicz, Laudes Regiae: A Study in Liturgical Acclamations and Mediaeval Ruler Worship (1946)


    Image: Coronation of Henry II, Wikipedia

    Music: Karen Gomyo (CC BY-NC 3.0)


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