Kriston R Rennie
Biographic Data
| ID | 1065822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kriston R Rennie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kriston R |
| FAMILY NAME | Rennie |
| SIGNATURE | RENNIE K R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7143-7942 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Happy Are the Professors”
In the 1920s, the University of Strasbourg became the institutional birthplace of creative interdisciplinary scholarship, innovation, and historical synthesis. The structure, personnel, and academic culture of this northeastern Alsatian institution cast an enduring light on the French historical tradition. Assuming a leading role in the development of a synthetic approach to history, Strasbourg’s relationship with the discipline advanced its cent…
San Michele della Chiusa and the Limits of Monastic Protection
This article examines the meaning, use, and limits of monastic protection under Pope Gregory VII (1073-85). Focusing on the Benedictine house of San Michele della Chiusa (est. 998-1000), in northwest Italy, it reveals the pope’s genuine commitment to upholding the rights and privileges of this Piedmontese monastery in the face of regional adversity. Analysing its ongoing dispute with Bishop Cunibert of Turin (1046-82), this article challenges the…
History
The Ceremonial Reception of Medieval Papal Legates
This article examines the ceremonial reception of papal legates in the early Middle Ages. It offers a precise, distinctive and normative portrait of their ritualised practice well before the existence of written canonical rules and procedures. The customs, principles, gestures and symbols conditioning legatine activities in this historical era became necessary pre-conditions to political communication, interaction and exchange. Their expression a…
The Eucharist in Medieval Canon Law
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Why Study Medieval Canon Law
Why study medieval canon law? Dominated for generations by German and French historians, the field is frequently viewed as hyper‐specialised, arcane, abstruse, and inaccessible even to scholars of medieval history and religion. Yet, as this article suggests, nothing could be further from the truth. To treat the study of medieval canon law as peripheral to medieval life and society is to ignore and misunderstand its full potential. A current reviv…
Introducing the Middle Ages to Australia
With the implementation of a ‘new’ History curriculum across Australian schools, many students and their teachers are being introduced to the Middle Ages for the first time. The implications of this intellectual focus have received very little direct attention, which begs the question of medieval history's perceived value to Australian society. By considering the subject's place within the wider curriculum and its grand objectives, this article c…
The ‘Injunction of Jeremiah’
Throughout the Middle Ages, the ‘Injunction of Jeremiah’ (Jer. 1:10) was employed by countless ecclesiastical writers. Building on an established tradition, medieval contemporaries began applying the allegory of ‘uprooting and destroying, building and planting’ with an intentionally moral and political message. This article examines the Old Testament call narrative with a view to understanding how and why it served medieval popes and other high-r…
Great Christian Thinkers
Weapons of Reform
This paper examines Gregory VII's (1073-85) evolutionary efforts to unite the Armenian Church with Rome in the 1070s and 1080s. The pope's changing attitude towards Armenian liturgical practices, it is argued, illustrates a broader and visionary papal outlook, revealing in turn many social, cultural, political, and doctrinal dynamics at work during his pontificate. As a consequence of this interplay, Gregory's vested interest in the world beyond …
Medieval Religious Rationalities
Extending Gregory VII's ‘Friendship Network’
In the last quarter of the eleventh century, the Roman Church had a capable ruler and defender in Pope Gregory VII (1073–85). Despite his otherwise charismatic authority, however, Gregory's ability to extend his influence beyond the papacy's more immediate control of Rome and the Campagna was limited. Filling this administrative and legal gap was the emerging office of legation, developing ad hoc under Gregory VII in matters of reform and law. Pa…
Uproot and destroy, build and plant ’
Confronted with the need for scholarly criteria in properly defining the ad hoc papal institution existent under Pope Gregory VII (1073–85), this paper seeks to clarify the title, office, and jurisdiction of the eleventh-century reforming legate. Discussing the Roman origins of this office through to the twelfth century – taking into account the political, ecclesiastical and legal constraints of the period – questions are raised concerning the ex…
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Uproot and destroy, build and plant ’
Confronted with the need for scholarly criteria in properly defining the ad hoc papal institution existent under Pope Gregory VII (1073–85), this paper seeks to clarify the title, office, and jurisdiction of the eleventh-century reforming legate. Discussing the Roman origins of this office through to the twelfth century – taking into account the political, ecclesiastical and legal constraints of the period – questions are raised concerning the ex…
Extending Gregory VII's ‘Friendship Network’
In the last quarter of the eleventh century, the Roman Church had a capable ruler and defender in Pope Gregory VII (1073–85). Despite his otherwise charismatic authority, however, Gregory's ability to extend his influence beyond the papacy's more immediate control of Rome and the Campagna was limited. Filling this administrative and legal gap was the emerging office of legation, developing ad hoc under Gregory VII in matters of reform and law. Pa…
Medieval Religious Rationalities
Great Christian Thinkers
Weapons of Reform
This paper examines Gregory VII's (1073-85) evolutionary efforts to unite the Armenian Church with Rome in the 1070s and 1080s. The pope's changing attitude towards Armenian liturgical practices, it is argued, illustrates a broader and visionary papal outlook, revealing in turn many social, cultural, political, and doctrinal dynamics at work during his pontificate. As a consequence of this interplay, Gregory's vested interest in the world beyond …
The ‘Injunction of Jeremiah’
Throughout the Middle Ages, the ‘Injunction of Jeremiah’ (Jer. 1:10) was employed by countless ecclesiastical writers. Building on an established tradition, medieval contemporaries began applying the allegory of ‘uprooting and destroying, building and planting’ with an intentionally moral and political message. This article examines the Old Testament call narrative with a view to understanding how and why it served medieval popes and other high-r…
Why Study Medieval Canon Law
Why study medieval canon law? Dominated for generations by German and French historians, the field is frequently viewed as hyper‐specialised, arcane, abstruse, and inaccessible even to scholars of medieval history and religion. Yet, as this article suggests, nothing could be further from the truth. To treat the study of medieval canon law as peripheral to medieval life and society is to ignore and misunderstand its full potential. A current reviv…
Introducing the Middle Ages to Australia
With the implementation of a ‘new’ History curriculum across Australian schools, many students and their teachers are being introduced to the Middle Ages for the first time. The implications of this intellectual focus have received very little direct attention, which begs the question of medieval history's perceived value to Australian society. By considering the subject's place within the wider curriculum and its grand objectives, this article c…
The Eucharist in Medieval Canon Law
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
History
The Ceremonial Reception of Medieval Papal Legates
This article examines the ceremonial reception of papal legates in the early Middle Ages. It offers a precise, distinctive and normative portrait of their ritualised practice well before the existence of written canonical rules and procedures. The customs, principles, gestures and symbols conditioning legatine activities in this historical era became necessary pre-conditions to political communication, interaction and exchange. Their expression a…
San Michele della Chiusa and the Limits of Monastic Protection
This article examines the meaning, use, and limits of monastic protection under Pope Gregory VII (1073-85). Focusing on the Benedictine house of San Michele della Chiusa (est. 998-1000), in northwest Italy, it reveals the pope’s genuine commitment to upholding the rights and privileges of this Piedmontese monastery in the face of regional adversity. Analysing its ongoing dispute with Bishop Cunibert of Turin (1046-82), this article challenges the…
“Happy Are the Professors”
In the 1920s, the University of Strasbourg became the institutional birthplace of creative interdisciplinary scholarship, innovation, and historical synthesis. The structure, personnel, and academic culture of this northeastern Alsatian institution cast an enduring light on the French historical tradition. Assuming a leading role in the development of a synthetic approach to history, Strasbourg’s relationship with the discipline advanced its cent…
History (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Classics (7 works) · Medieval Literature and History (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Classics (6 works)