"Donation of Constantine" and "Constitutum Constantini: the Misinterpretation of a fiction and its original meaning

Biographical note: Johannes Fried, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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Authors: Fried, Johannes 1942- (Author) ; Brandes, Wolfram 1954- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Berlin New York Walter De Gruyter 2012
In: Millennium-Studien (Band 3)
Year: 2007
Reviews:Donation of Constantine and Constitutum Constantini. The misinterpretation of a fiction and its original meaning. With a contribution by Wolfram Brandes The satraps of Constantine. Johannes Fried. (Millennium Studies in the Culture and History of the First Millennium, C.E., 3.) Pp. ix+201 incl. 6 plates. Berlin–New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2007. €68. 978 3 11 018539 3; 1862 1139 (2008) (Nowak, PrzemysŁaw)
Series/Journal:Millennium-Studien Band 3
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Constitutum Constantini / Rise of / History
B Constitutum Constantini / Interpretation of / History
B Constitutum Constantini / Text history
Further subjects:B Church and state (Europe) History
B Donation of Constantine
B Rescripts (Roman law) Forgeries
B Middle Ages
B Church and state
B Rescripts (Roman law)
B Ancient / Generals / HISTORY
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Summary:Biographical note: Johannes Fried, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Die Konstantinische Schenkung ist die ungeheuerlichste, wirkmächtigste Fälschung der Weltgeschichte. Bis in die Neuzeit hinein war sie wirksam undlieferte in den konfessionellen Kämpfen Zündstoff für Reformatoren wie Gegenreformatoren. Nicht nur ihre Entstehung wird vom Autor völlig neu interpretiert, nämlich der fränkischen Opposition gegen Kaiser Ludwig den Frommen zugeschrieben, sondern auch die Geschichte ihres Missverständnisses seit dem Hohen Mittelalter erzählt. Pluspunkte: international renommierter Autor Umdeutung eines der zentralen Dokumente weltlicher und kirchlicher Macht der europäischen Geschichte innovative These, von größter Bedeutung für die Erforschung des Mittelalters
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 (i.e. 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.
Review text: "Das jüngste Buch des Frankfurter MediävistenFried fasziniert durch den energischen Zugriff, in dem ein neuer methodischer Ansatz für die Forschung fruchtbar gemacht und manches eingefahrene Urteil revidiert wird."Volker Leppin in: Das Mittelalter 2/2009 "This book could be characterised as a collection of lectures with a stimulating discussion of individual and collective memory on the Donation of Constantine and the origin of the Constitutum. [...] Fried has not settled the argument but he makes an important contribution to a debate which will long continue."Przemyslaw Nowak in: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 2/2008 "The Donation of Constantine is a clear cut example of how historical fiction can enter public memory and, fed by various powers, stay there for centuries. [...] Fried has provided a book of great value not only to specialists in the matter, but also to less specialized readers, definitely a milestone in this specific field of research."Jan Nelis in: BMCR 2008.02.21
ISBN:3110902230
Access:Open Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110902235