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Inschriftlichkeit im Spannungsfeld von renovatio Romae und renovatio Senatus. Epigraphische und materiale Dimensionen römischer Erneuerung im 12. Jahrhundert

  • Wolf Zöller
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Krise und Aufbruch
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Abstract

As part of a section dedicated to mutations within the realm of ‚media and signs‘, the present article focuses on transformations in the field of epigraphy and on the changing ways of displaying inscriptions during the High Middle Ages. The following case study is strictly concerned, from a geographical and thematic point of view, with the city of Rome and the political and ecclesiastical developments which, from the end of the eleventh to the late twelfth century, not only shook its social and administrative foundations, but also completely altered its material fabric. As a matter of fact, the movements commonly known or labelled as renovatio Romae and renovatio Senatus only increased the conflicts over control and interpretation of the Roman cityscape and its legacy. In this context, a noticeable tendency emerged to reach and address wider audiences with the help of inscriptions and with the practice of ostentatiously and carefully exhibiting inscribed artefacts in easily accessible and visible spaces. Particular emphasis is placed on the porticoes of the façades of the newly erected or renovated church buildings of the early-to-mid twelfth century, whose front sides were systematically furnished with monumental inscriptions that sometimes were longer than 20 metres. The materiality of these unique epigraphic artefacts and the praxeological and topological make-up of the spatial configurations they were embedded in significantly add to our knowledge of the transformed modes of communication brought about by the Investiture Controversy.

Abstract

As part of a section dedicated to mutations within the realm of ‚media and signs‘, the present article focuses on transformations in the field of epigraphy and on the changing ways of displaying inscriptions during the High Middle Ages. The following case study is strictly concerned, from a geographical and thematic point of view, with the city of Rome and the political and ecclesiastical developments which, from the end of the eleventh to the late twelfth century, not only shook its social and administrative foundations, but also completely altered its material fabric. As a matter of fact, the movements commonly known or labelled as renovatio Romae and renovatio Senatus only increased the conflicts over control and interpretation of the Roman cityscape and its legacy. In this context, a noticeable tendency emerged to reach and address wider audiences with the help of inscriptions and with the practice of ostentatiously and carefully exhibiting inscribed artefacts in easily accessible and visible spaces. Particular emphasis is placed on the porticoes of the façades of the newly erected or renovated church buildings of the early-to-mid twelfth century, whose front sides were systematically furnished with monumental inscriptions that sometimes were longer than 20 metres. The materiality of these unique epigraphic artefacts and the praxeological and topological make-up of the spatial configurations they were embedded in significantly add to our knowledge of the transformed modes of communication brought about by the Investiture Controversy.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Inhalt V
  3. Vorwort IX
  4. Jenseits des Investiturstreits 1
  5. I Diskurse und Öffentlichkeit
  6. Diskurse und Öffentlichkeit 23
  7. Una parola contesa. Populus al tempo della lotta per le investiture 31
  8. Simony – Declensions of a Lemma. The Florentine Case 67
  9. Verdichtete Kommunikation und politische Semantik um 1100 97
  10. II Wandel von Herrschaftsstrukturen und -praktiken
  11. Wandel von Herrschaftsstrukturen und -praktiken 125
  12. Worms und seine Region. Bischof, Herrschaft, Stadt 133
  13. Ostiglia around 1100. A Window on the Transformation of Local Power in the Countryside 155
  14. Gaeta zwischen Fragmentierung und Zentralisierung. Wandel der Herrschaftsstrukturen im Küstendukat 181
  15. III Netzwerke
  16. Netzwerke 219
  17. Altbewährtes in neuem Gewand. Die Erzbistümer Köln, Mainz und Mailand und ihre Beziehung zum Kaiser in spätottonischfrühsalischer Zeit 231
  18. Der Einfluss Kaiser Heinrichs III. auf die Bistümer anhand der Beispiele Köln, Mainz und Mailand 255
  19. Conclusio der Beiträge „Altbewährtes in neuem Gewand“ und „Der Einfluss Kaiser Heinrichs III. auf die Bistümer anhand der Beispiele Köln, Mainz und Mailand“ 277
  20. Cadalo di Parma e Anselmo di Lucca. Reti di solidarietà opposte nel contesto dello scisma del 1061 283
  21. Uno scisma diocesano della lotta per le investiture in configurazione. Il caso di Bologna (1030–1130) 329
  22. Erzbischöfliche Netzwerke – eine Annäherung anhand reichspolitischer Zäsuren und Herrschaftswechsel von 1105/1106 bis 1125. Die Erzbischöfe von Mainz, Köln und Salzburg im ersten Viertel des 12. Jahrhunderts 365
  23. Le reti relazionali degli abati di S. Maria di Farfa, 1045–1125. Analisi diacronica di una costellazione di rapporti in movimento 397
  24. IV Medien und Zeichen
  25. Medien und Zeichen 441
  26. Schriftlichkeitswandel und Überlieferungsbildung anhand von Rechtshandlungen von und bei den Bischöfen von Brixen und Augsburg sowie den Erzbischöfen von Mainz (ca. 1050–1150) 453
  27. Im Spannungsfeld von Konsens, Konvention und Kontingenz. Dieurkundliche Tätigkeit der Erzbischöfe von Mailand und der Bischöfe von Parma im Vergleich 481
  28. Inschriftlichkeit im Spannungsfeld von renovatio Romae und renovatio Senatus. Epigraphische und materiale Dimensionen römischer Erneuerung im 12. Jahrhundert 513
  29. Register 549
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