Milestones and Watersheds in the Scholarship and Study of the Medieval Church and Secular Clergy from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Episcopus: Society for the Study of Bishops and Secular Clergy in the Middle Ages

Organizer Name

John S. Ott

Organizer Affiliation

Portland State Univ.

Presider Name

John S. Ott

Paper Title 1

Medieval Reform and Modern Biography: The Example of German Scholarship

Presenter 1 Name

Julian Führer

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris

Paper Title 2

Understanding the Imaginary of Clerical Reform: The Contribution of Giovanni Miccoli

Presenter 2 Name

William L. North

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Carleton College

Paper Title 3

Appropriating Gregory VII: Nineteenth-Century Visions of a Medieval Pope

Presenter 3 Name

Ken A. Grant

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Texas-Pan American

Paper Title 4

Images of Reform and Reformers: A Comment and Critique

Presenter 4 Name

Theo Riches

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Westfälische Wilhelms-Univ. Münster

Start Date

9-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 213

Description

This panel explores the 19th- and 20th-century historiography of church reform and its leading scholars, including German, Italian, and English historians. It examines the scholarship of figures such as Gerd Tellenbach and Giovanni Miccoli, its legacy, and its implications for modern scholarship.

John S. Ott