When Ego Was Imago Signs of Identity in the Middle Ages

• Main Author: Bedos-Rezak, B
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden Brill 2011; BRILL
• Edition: 1
• Series: Visualising the Middle Ages
• Subjects: Charters; Charters > Europe > History > To 1500; Europe > Social conditions > To 1492; Identity (Psychology); Identity (Psychology) > Europe > History > To 1500; Individuality; Individuality > Europe > History > To 1500; Interpersonal communication; Interpersonal communication > Europe > History > To 1500; Middle Ages; Middle Ages > Sources; Seals (Numismatics); Seals (Numismatics) > Europe > History > To 1500; Signs and symbols; Signs and symbols > Social aspects > Europe > History > To 1500; Visual communication; Visual communication > Europe > History > To 1500
• ISBN: 9004192174; 9789004192171
• DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004192171.i-322

The diffusion of personal signs of identity during the twelfth century introduced individuals to mediated forms of communication. The book analyses the conditions for and the implications of their partnering with material signs and images in expressing self and accountability.

Table of Contents:

• Images and the Senses: From Gregory the Great to Guillaume Durand -- The Currency of Imago: Augustine, Byzantine Anti-Iconoclasm, and Twelfth-Century Scholarship -- Mirror -- Imprint -- Replica -- Part III Ego -- Chapter Eight Difformitas: Invective, Individuality, Identity -- The Invectiva of Arnulf of Lisieux -- Strategies of Character Assassination -- The Rhetoric of Vilification -- 'Difformitas' as Individuality -- Chapter Nine The Semiotics of Personality in the Middle Ages -- Identity and Individuality -- Individuality and Personhood -- Urban Identity and the Ideal City -- The Saint and the City -- Urban Identity and the Historical City -- The Individuality of Human Collectives -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- PLATES
• Intro -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Sources and Methods -- Chapter One Beyond the Text: Medieval Documentary Practices -- Medieval Charters, Then and Now -- Documentary, Production and Conservation -- Diplomatic Discourse and the Performance of Charters -- Acculturation to Documentary Practices -- The Authentication of Charters: Persons, Signs, Seals -- The Scope of Medieval Charter Referentiality -- Chapter Two Toward an Archaeology of the Medieval Charter -- The Archival Profile of Saint-Fursy of Péronne -- The Production and Reproduction of Charters at Notre-Dame of Homblières -- The Dispersed Charters of the Counts of Ponthieu -- Authority, Authenticity, and the Intertextuality of Diplomatic Discourse -- Narrative Form and Material Format: A Mutual Engagement -- Chapter Three Sign Theory, Medieval and Modern -- The Role of Theory in Sigillography -- Evaluating Sign Theories -- A Mutually Challenging Encounter: Semiotic Anthropology and the Middle Ages -- Part II Imago -- Chapter Four The King's Sign -- A Merovingian Icon: The Royal Seal -- Carolingian Rulers: The Power of Royal and Imperial Seals -- Post-Carolingian Kingship: Sealing in Transition -- Capetian Kings: The End of a Prerogative and the Re-Invention of the Royal Seal -- Chapter Five Eucharistic Theology and Episcopal Signature -- Episcopal Modes of Communication -- The Debate over Real Presence and the Appearance of Episcopal Seals -- Chapter Six Medieval Identity: Subject, Object, Agency -- A Network of Schools and Chanceries -- The Augustinian Paradox and its Role in Scholarly Controversy -- Personhood and Individuality -- The Ego of Diplomatic Discourse -- Persona in Sign and Metaphor -- Ego to Imago -- From Identity to Stereotype -- Chapter Seven Images of Identity and the Identity of Images