Rutger Kramer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3676983 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rutger Kramer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rutger |
| FAMILY NAME | Kramer |
| SIGNATURE | KRAMER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9165-4880 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Die Briefe Karls des Kahlen
L’insoutenable légèreté d’être moine
Cet essai se penche sur la construction de l’héritage de l’abbé Smaragde de Saint-Mihiel (c. 760-c. 840), et pose la question de savoir dans quelle mesure on peut et doit se souvenir de lui comme d'un « réformateur ». En me basant sur les activités intellectuelles et les pratiques monastiques de Smaragde de son vivant, et en réinterprétant sa biographie dans le Chronicon S. Michaelis monasterii ( xi e siècle), mon objectif est de montrer que les …
L’insoutenable légèreté d’être moine
Cet essai se penche sur la construction de l’héritage de l’abbé Smaragde de Saint-Mihiel (c. 760-c. 840), et pose la question de savoir dans quelle mesure on peut et doit se souvenir de lui comme d'un « réformateur ». En me basant sur les activités intellectuelles et les pratiques monastiques de Smaragde de son vivant, et en réinterprétant sa biographie dans le Chronicon S. Michaelis monasterii (xie siècle), mon objectif est de montrer que les pe…
Nicholas in the North
In this article, we present a new edition, normalization and translation of a fragment of an otherwise unknown Nikuláss saga erkibiskups (Saga of Bishop Nicholas) transmitted in the manuscript Norrøne Membranfragmenter NRA 69. Written in Iceland in the early fourteenth century, this fragment appears to present a »missing link« between various Nicholas narratives that circulated in the medieval West, and the idiosyncratic spin given to those stori…
St. Galler Klostergeschichten (Casus Sancti Galli)
Audience and Reception
This chapter sketches a basic conceptual framework for identifying and analysing the audiences and receptions of the kind of medieval biographical collections studied in this special issue. To do so, it sets out the range of approaches taken by the contributors and situates these approaches in relation to previous scholarship on the reception and interpretation of textual sources. Particular attention is given to the dynamic relationships between…
Many Lives, One Story
This article takes a fresh look at the composition of the Gesta sanctorum Rotonensium (Deeds of the Saints of Redon), a late 9th-century monastic narrative which tells of the foundation of Redon, in the south-east of present-day Brittany. This story is exceptional because not just the abbot but the entire first generation of monks is lauded for their sanctity and their contribution towards building a community. I will argue that the author, rathe…
A Crowning Achievement
wrote a letter to his colleague Étienne Baluze about a number of interesting manuscripts that he had found in the archives of the monastery of Moissac.The list featured many items, such as a seventeen-volume collection of works by Augustine, a copy of the Lex Gothorum, a Sanctorale that was later recognized as Lactantius's lost De mortibus persecutorum, Smaragdus's Diadema monachorum, and an 'old pontifical' . 1 It was enough to raise the interes…
Historiography and Identity III
Tears for Fears
In this article, we will take a closer look at the role played by the depiction of weeping and tears in the story of the conversion of Benedict of Aniane. According to his hagiography, Benedict, seen as one of the most important intellectuals at the Carolingian court in the late eighth and early ninth century, started his career as a secular aristocrat before undergoing an inner conversion and subsequently pursuing a monastic lifestyle. As presen…
Order in the church
This article takes a fresh look at Carolingian councils through the prism of Ordines de Celebrando Concilio. Presenting themselves as instructions on how to hold councils, such ordines in part act as prescriptive texts aimed at ensuring that the liturgical framework around these meetings would guarantee the credibility of their conclusions – thus creating an image of ecclesiastical unity reflected both in the councils themselves and in their writ…
Introduction
In 1712, the Italian Jesuit Ippolito Desideri embarked on a mission to bring Christianity to Tibet. He ended up in the capital, Lhasa, and started voraciously reading all the Buddhist treatises he was given by his caretakers. In the process, he became the first European to understand, speak, and even write Tibetan.1 From Desideri's travelogue we get a portrait of a man who was genuinely interested in the new world around him, and who understood t…
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Introduction
In 1712, the Italian Jesuit Ippolito Desideri embarked on a mission to bring Christianity to Tibet. He ended up in the capital, Lhasa, and started voraciously reading all the Buddhist treatises he was given by his caretakers. In the process, he became the first European to understand, speak, and even write Tibetan.1 From Desideri's travelogue we get a portrait of a man who was genuinely interested in the new world around him, and who understood t…
Order in the church
This article takes a fresh look at Carolingian councils through the prism of Ordines de Celebrando Concilio. Presenting themselves as instructions on how to hold councils, such ordines in part act as prescriptive texts aimed at ensuring that the liturgical framework around these meetings would guarantee the credibility of their conclusions – thus creating an image of ecclesiastical unity reflected both in the councils themselves and in their writ…
Tears for Fears
In this article, we will take a closer look at the role played by the depiction of weeping and tears in the story of the conversion of Benedict of Aniane. According to his hagiography, Benedict, seen as one of the most important intellectuals at the Carolingian court in the late eighth and early ninth century, started his career as a secular aristocrat before undergoing an inner conversion and subsequently pursuing a monastic lifestyle. As presen…
Historiography and Identity III
A Crowning Achievement
wrote a letter to his colleague Étienne Baluze about a number of interesting manuscripts that he had found in the archives of the monastery of Moissac.The list featured many items, such as a seventeen-volume collection of works by Augustine, a copy of the Lex Gothorum, a Sanctorale that was later recognized as Lactantius's lost De mortibus persecutorum, Smaragdus's Diadema monachorum, and an 'old pontifical' . 1 It was enough to raise the interes…
Audience and Reception
This chapter sketches a basic conceptual framework for identifying and analysing the audiences and receptions of the kind of medieval biographical collections studied in this special issue. To do so, it sets out the range of approaches taken by the contributors and situates these approaches in relation to previous scholarship on the reception and interpretation of textual sources. Particular attention is given to the dynamic relationships between…
Many Lives, One Story
This article takes a fresh look at the composition of the Gesta sanctorum Rotonensium (Deeds of the Saints of Redon), a late 9th-century monastic narrative which tells of the foundation of Redon, in the south-east of present-day Brittany. This story is exceptional because not just the abbot but the entire first generation of monks is lauded for their sanctity and their contribution towards building a community. I will argue that the author, rathe…
Nicholas in the North
In this article, we present a new edition, normalization and translation of a fragment of an otherwise unknown Nikuláss saga erkibiskups (Saga of Bishop Nicholas) transmitted in the manuscript Norrøne Membranfragmenter NRA 69. Written in Iceland in the early fourteenth century, this fragment appears to present a »missing link« between various Nicholas narratives that circulated in the medieval West, and the idiosyncratic spin given to those stori…
St. Galler Klostergeschichten (Casus Sancti Galli)
L’insoutenable légèreté d’être moine
Cet essai se penche sur la construction de l’héritage de l’abbé Smaragde de Saint-Mihiel (c. 760-c. 840), et pose la question de savoir dans quelle mesure on peut et doit se souvenir de lui comme d'un « réformateur ». En me basant sur les activités intellectuelles et les pratiques monastiques de Smaragde de son vivant, et en réinterprétant sa biographie dans le Chronicon S. Michaelis monasterii ( xi e siècle), mon objectif est de montrer que les …
L’insoutenable légèreté d’être moine
Cet essai se penche sur la construction de l’héritage de l’abbé Smaragde de Saint-Mihiel (c. 760-c. 840), et pose la question de savoir dans quelle mesure on peut et doit se souvenir de lui comme d'un « réformateur ». En me basant sur les activités intellectuelles et les pratiques monastiques de Smaragde de son vivant, et en réinterprétant sa biographie dans le Chronicon S. Michaelis monasterii (xie siècle), mon objectif est de montrer que les pe…
Die Briefe Karls des Kahlen
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