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This book presents six medieval biographies of bishops from the German Empire, translated into English for the first time. The texts span the tenth to thirteenth centuries, and offer fascinating wi...
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This book presents biographies of six bishops from the medieval German empire, translated into English for the first time. The bishop was a ubiquitous figure across medieval Europe, providing leadership to the community of Christians within dioceses and linking day-to-day life to centres of political power and ecclesiastical authority. They were particularly prominent in the kingdom of Germany, where the most powerful churchmen led armies and advised kings. The texts collected here, originating in the tenth to thirteenth centuries, offer readers a lively entrée to medieval social, religious and political conditions, as well as fascinating biographical details and information about law, architecture, warfare and government. They have been chosen to illustrate changes in the role of bishop over time; and the individuality, in character and activity, of each figure.
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Price: £95.00
Pages: 416
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Series: Manchester Medieval Sources
Publication Date: 10 March 2026
ISBN: 9781526175403
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, HISTORY / Social History, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, Social and cultural history, Religion and politics, Writings of the Early Church Fathers
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Jonathan Lyon is Professor of History of the High and Late Middle Ages at the University of Vienna, Austria
Simon MacLean is Professor in Medieval History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland

Introduction
Jonathan Lyon and Simon MacLean

1 Life of Archbishop Bruno of Cologne
Simon MacLean

2 Life of Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg
Sarah Hamilton

3 Life of Bishop Benno of Osnabrück
William North and Lisa Wolverton

4 Passion of Archbishop Thiemo of Salzburg
John Eldevik

5 Life of Archbishop Conrad I of Salzburg
Ryan Kemp

6 Life of Archbishop Engelbert of Cologne
Jonathan Lyon

Bibliography