Making the Holy Roman Empire Holy : Frederick Barbarossa, Saint Charlemagne and the Sacrum Imperium.

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Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I.1 The sacrum imperium Theory -- I.2 Beyond sacrum imperium -- 1 Sacrum imperium: Lombard Influence and the Sacralisation of the State in the mid-Twelfth Century (1125-1167) -- 1.1 Introduction: Concepts and Categories -- 1.2 Peter the Deacon and Wibald of Stavelot as Intermediaries between the Byzantine Court Style and the German Imperial Chancery -- 1.3 Sacral Terminology in the German Imperial Chancery (1125/1136-1158) -- 1.4 Sacrum imperium and diva res publica at the Imperial Court and in the German Imperial Chancery (April 1155-Autumn 1157) -- 1.5 Sacrum imperium in the Documents of the Imperial Chancery and Legates (1159-1167) -- 1.6 Otto and Acerbo Morena, Judges and Consuls of Lodi, and the Role of Rainald of Dassel -- 2 Sacrum imperium II: The Barometer of Lombard Influence at Court (1167-1190 and Beyond) -- 2.1 The Sacral Terminology of the State in the Imperial Chancery (1167-1180) -- 2.2 The Sacral Terminology of the State in Imperial Documents (1180-1190) and Epilogue -- 2.3 The Poets at the Court of Frederick Barbarossa in the 1180s: Gunther the Poet and Godfrey of Viterbo -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3 The Cult of Charlemagne from His Death to the Accession of Frederick Barbarossa (814-1152) -- 3.1 Introduction: The Historiography of Saint Charlemagne -- 3.2 Charlemagne's memoria in General and in Aachen up to 1165 -- 3.3 The Karlsdekret: The Codification of Aquensian Tradition -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4 The Canonisation of Charlemagne in 1165 -- 4.1 Frederick Barbarossa and Rainald of Dassel Divide the Spoils of the Italian Wars -- 4.2 The Run-Up to the Canonisation (1164-1165).

4.3 The Canonisation of Saint Charlemagne in 1165 as a Stage for Imperial Politics -- 4.4 Aachen, the sedes regni Theutonici -- 4.5 The Political Uses of Holy Kings and Holy Kingship in Twelfth-Century Latin Europe -- 4.6 Visualising Saint Charlemagne: The Brachiary of Saint Charlemagne -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5 The Barbarossaleuchter: Imperial Monument and Pious Donation -- 5.1 Form and Inscriptions -- 5.2 The Inscriptions in Detail: Dating the Barbarossaleuchter -- 5.3 Frederick and Beatrix as Donators of Religious Artworks -- 5.4 The Inscriptions in Detail: (Possibly) Alcuin's Inscription Imitated by the Canons -- 5.5 The Engraved Plates: The Christological Cycle and the Beatitudes -- 5.6 The Towers, Their Lost Silver Reliefs and the Iconographic Programme in General -- 5.7 The Barbarossaleuchter and the Carolingian Dome -- 5.8 Liturgical Usage: Lighting the Chandelier -- 5.9 The Symbolic Functions of the Barbarossaleuchter -- 6 The Reliquary Shrine of Saint Charlemagne: The High Point of the Sacrum imperium? -- 6.1 Introduction: The Two Main Interpretations -- 6.2 The Two Narrow Sides: The Marienseite and the Karlsseite -- 6.3 The Gallery of Kings -- 6.4 The Roof Reliefs -- 6.5 The Order of Rulers on the Gallery of Kings -- 6.6 The Reliquary Shrine as a Type: The Frames and the Ornamentation -- 6.7 Dating the Karlsschrein: The Hereditary Monarchy -- 6.8 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix The Decorative Imagery of the Karlsschrein -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book analyses the so-called sacralisation of the Holy Roman Empire during the reign of Frederick Barbarossa in the twelfth century, when the Empire's most commonly known name became popular. Innovative and comprehensive, it will interest scholars of the Middle Ages, specifically those interested in art, political, and ideological history.