Antistaufische Propaganda in einer Prager Handschrift. Der Brief Grande piaculum des Kardinals Rainer von Viterbo (1248)

• Authors: Matthias Thumser

Title variants

EN

ANTI-HOHENSTAUFEN PROPAGANDA IN A PRAGUE MANUSCRIPT. THE LETTER GRANDE PIACULUM OF CARDINAL RAINER OF VITERBO (1248)

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

The writing Grande piaculum by cardinal Rainer of Viterbo from 1248 is an important element in the propaganda war of the Roman Curia against Emperor Frederick II. It reports in legendary manner the martyrdom of Bishop Marcellinus of Arezzo. The Hohenstaufen is thereby conventionalised as agent of the devil and precursor of Antichrist, against whom a crusade should be waged in Italy. This letter is known in three textual attestors, among them one in the Prague manuskript III.G.3, which is subject to a codicological analysis. An appendix is the first critical edition of Grande piaculum.

Keywords

EN

CARDINAL RAINER OF VITERBO; EMPEROR FREDERICK II; PROPAGANDA; CRUSADES; LETTER COLLECTIONS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Mediaevalia Historica Bohemica
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 7-41

Contributors

author

Matthias Thumser

• Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany