The Cultural Power of Medieval Monarchy: Politics, Learning and Patronage in the Royal Courts of Europe,...

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Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña

The Cultural Power of Medieval Monarchy

Politics, Learning and Patronage in the Royal Courts of Europe, 1000–1300

Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña

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English

Routledge
22 September 2023

Historiography; European history; Medieval history; Social & cultural history

Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

This book focuses on why the diffusion of the political theology of royal wisdom created “Solomonic” princes with intellectual interests all around the medieval West and how these learned rulers changed the face of Western Europe through their policies and the cultural power of medieval monarchy.

Princely wisdom narratives have been seen simply as a tool of royal propaganda in the Middle Ages but these narratives were much more than propaganda, being rather a coherent ideology which transformed princely courts, shaped mentalities, and influenced key political decisions.

This cultural power of medieval monarchy was channelled mainly through princely patronage of learning and the arts, but the rise of administrative monarchy and its bureaucracy are equally related to these policies. This can only be understood through a cultural approach to the history of medieval politics, that is, a history of the relationship between knowledge and power in the Middle Ages, a topic much analyzed regarding the medieval church but sometimes neglected in the princely sphere. This volume is a study that supplies an important comparative study of the reception in princely courts of a key aspect of European medieval civilization: The ideal of Christian sapiential rulership and its corollary, rationality in government.

This volume is essential reading for students and scholars interested in understanding the medieval roots of the cultural process which gave rise to the modern state.

By: Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367695996
ISBN 10: 0367695995
Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 22 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña is a Professor of Medieval History at the Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid. His research focuses on the intersection of cultural history and medieval rulership. He is the author of numerous books, including Sage Kings. Wisdom and Royal Power in Antiquity and Early Christianity (2021). He has also edited five books on topics such as Carolingian civilization, the Iberian medieval frontier, and medieval “fake news”.