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