The Gniezno Summit : : the religious premises of the founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno / / by Roman Michałowski ; translated by Anna Kijak Language editor for the translation Richard John Butterwick-Pawlikowski.

• Superior document: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, Volume 38
• VerfasserIn: Michałowski, Roman,
• TeilnehmendeR: Kijak, Anna,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; Volume 38.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (405 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Archbishoprics and Church Provinces in the Early Medieval Latin Church; 1 The Emergence of the Archbishopric and the Church Provinceas Institutions; 2 The Ideological Content of the Term Archbishopric; 3 The Example of Salzburg; 4 The Example of Passau; 5 The Example of Benevento; 6 Summing Up; Chapter 2 The Founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno: Religious Premises and Political Consequences; 1 Introductory Remarks; 2 An Overview of Events; 3 Otto III, a Servant of Jesus Christ and Adalbert the Martyr; 4 St. Adalbert's Shrine on the Tiber Island5 The Meaning of the Title Archiepiscopus sancti Adalberti; 6 Bolesław Chrobry as an Imperial Associate; 7 German Archbishoprics in the Face of Otto III's Church Policy; Chapter 3 Otto III's Political Thought and Spirituality; 1 Renovatio Imperii Romanorum and its Religious Premises; 2 The Spirit of Asceticism and Penance; 3 The King's Sinfulness in Ottonian Historiography; 4 Otto III's Spirituality and Religious Movements in Ottonian Europe; 5 Summing Up; Conclusion; Afterword to the English Edition; Bibliography; Index

In The Gniezno Summit Roman Michałowski analyses the reasons behind the founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno during Otto III’s encounter with Bolesław Chrobry in Gniezno in 1000. For Michałowski there were two main reasons. One was the martyrdom of St. Adalbert, the Apostle of the Prussians. His...