Political plainchant?
Subtitle: music, text and historical context of medieval saints' offices
By: edited by Roman Hankeln.
Contributors: Hankeln, Roman.; Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. Senter for middelalderstudier.
Series: Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen -- Bd. 111 = -- Musicological studies -- v. 111; Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (Institute of Mediaeval Music) -- Bd. 111.
Publisher: Institute of Mediaeval Music
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ottawa, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781896926971; 9781896926975
Subjects: Gregorian chants -- History and criticism; Rhymed offices -- History and criticism; Music -- Political aspects -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
Other titles: Music, text and historical context of medieval saints' offices
Notes: "Work on the present book began in autumn 2005 with a small conference at the Centre for Medieval Studies, Trondheim, Norway"--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references (b. 201-223) and index of sources.

Ten contributions in English and 1 in German.
Table of contents: title: A blasphemous paradox? : approaches to socio-political aspects of Medieval Western plainchant / Roman Hankeln; title: Historiae from Alta Italia and their Frankish models : a progressive "Romanisation" by the Carolingian Franks (750-900) / Jean-François Goudesenne; title: New politics, new cults : the cross and the sword in times of political transition on the Iberian Peninsula (9th-12th c.) / Susana Zapke; title: St. Ethelbert, king and martyr : a royal migration and a migrating cult / John Caldwell; title: Between politics and devotion : the canonizations of Knud Lavard and Edward Confessor / John Bergsagel; title: Political ideas in liturgical offices of Saint Louis / M. Cecilia Gaposhkin; title: Commune pro missionariis? : die ältesten Offiziumsgesänge für König Stephan, den Heiligen / Janka Szendrei; title: From "crudelitas" to "credulitas" : comments on Saint Stephan's Historia rhythmica / László Dobszay; title: REX sub Deo et lege, SANCTUS sub ecclesia / Andrew Hughes; title: St. Erik's two bodies and chants / Ann-Marie Nilsson; title: St. Olav's Augustine-responsories : contrafactum technique and political message / Roman Hankeln.