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Ecclesiastical Reform in Historiographical Context[Note 1. I would like to thank Terje Breigutu Moseng and ...]
Author(s) -
Melve Leidulf
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/hic3.12232
Subject(s) - contest , narrative , scholarship , historiography , social reform , context (archaeology) , power (physics) , political science , sociology , psychology , history , literature , law , politics , art , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics
The article initially discusses recent approaches to ecclesiastical reform and the Investiture Contest. In particular, it discusses the extent to which recent scholarship's concern with “power,” “local units,” “social aspects,” “discourse,” and “gender” has undermined earlier master narratives – accentuating as these did the unity of reform. The last part of the article argues for the need to establish new master narratives and puts forward a few suggestions in that respect.