Donation of Constantine and Constitutum Constantini : the misinterpretation of a fiction and its original meaning /

The Donation of Constantine is the largest and most powerful forgery in world history. Disputed until modern times, this document was the fuel of religious war, used by both the reformation, as well as the counter-reformation. Johannes Fried not only reinterprets the origin of this forgery (id est h...

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Main Author: Fried, Johannes
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Brandes, Wolfram
Format: eBook
Language:English
Latin
Language Notes:English.
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2007.
Series:Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies ; 3.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The Donation of Constantine is the largest and most powerful forgery in world history. Disputed until modern times, this document was the fuel of religious war, used by both the reformation, as well as the counter-reformation. Johannes Fried not only reinterprets the origin of this forgery (id est he ascribes it to the Franks opposition of Emperor Louis the Pious), but retells, as well, the history of its misinterpretation since the High Middle Ages.
Physical Description:1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-188) and index.
ISBN:9783110902235
3110902230
3110185393
9783110185393