Understanding Intercession: Sources and Approaches
Sean Gilsdorf
This chapter treats the phenomenon of intercession as a discrete form political action, arguing that intercessory politics were much about forging and maintaining bonds amity consensus they asserting acknowledging hierarchical distinctions power authority. It begins by surveying sources for medieval intercession, in particular epistolary collections diplomatic corpora Carolingian post-Carolingian rulers Western Europe. Then, considers various ways which phenomena described such have been interpreted diplomatists, historians, social theorists. argues while each their approaches offers useful insights into also fails to account adequately compound complex nature practice, revealed so disarmingly de Regniers.Keywords: rulers; Regniers; intercession; theorists
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