Ernst Kantorowicz's Synthronos

New Perspectives on Medieval Charisma

Bibliographic Data

ID3407657
AuthorsAlfons Puigarnau (0000-0001-7608-7200, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue7
Pages914
Publication date2023-07-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14070914
OpenAlexW4384557999
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited56

In this text, the author analyzes the notion of charisma that appears implicitly in the medieval political theology of Ernst H. Kantorowicz. The text to be analyzed is Synthronos, a manuscript from 1951 on the iconography of the sharing-throne between gods and kings, which the author was unable to publish before he died. The notion of charisma is surveyed in St. Paul's theology of grace and Max Weber's sociology of dominion in order to find a third way to broaden the definition of charisma. Finally, a new perspective is proposed, based on literary and artistic representations, along with visual rhetoric, as driving forces of the ruler's gifts

Art · Art history · Charisma · Dominion · Humility · Iconography · Literature · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Ruler · Theology · Throne · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Law · Philosophy

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