An authority among authorities: knowledge and use of Augustine in the wider Carolingian world
Josh Timmermann
What knowledge of Augustine might a Carolingian subject outside the ecclesiastical elite have possessed? If all‐pervasive influence is one hallmarks era, how far into world did that (and conscious it as ‘Augustinian’) actually extend? Toward preliminary answers to these questions, this study will consider presence and various uses in textual media may reached beyond elite, court‐connected circles, arguing from such texts would indeed been known ordinary Christians, although mainly key source traditional authority operating fundamental harmony with other authorities, rather than singular figure within imagination Latin Christian west. This ubiquitous emphasis on ostensible agreement among great authorities past should be understood intimately connected Carolingians’ efforts at effecting concord unity broader social sphere present .
Early Medieval Europe