{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/615750a87c49660011b1222f/6225d888fe70c60012f7b2da?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 8: simony with Lioba Geis (Germany)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/615750a87c49660011b1222f/1646647044064-62505b23bedb456f095653252eb7bd48.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Simony (the illicit purchase of church office) was a major issue in 11th-century Europe. In this episode, I talk with Dr Lioba Geis about her \"Habilitation\" research into the nature and origins of simony, and what (if anything) changed in the 11th century.</p><p><br></p><p>Reading mentioned in the podcast:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Lioba Geis, 'The Battle Against Simony in Norman Italy. Perceptions, Interpretations, Measures and Consequences', in: J. H. Drell, P. Oldfield (ed), <a href=\"https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526138538/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rethinking Norman Italy. Studies in Honour of Graham A. Loud</a>, Artes liberales (Manchester 2021), pp. 227-244.</li><li>Lioba Geis, 'Kirchenrechtliche Norm und diözesane Praxis. Strategien des Umgangs mit Simonie im frühen 11. Jahrhundert, in: A. Bihrer, S. Bruhn (ed.), <em>Jenseits des Königshofs. Bischöfe und ihre Diözesen im nachkarolingischen ostfränkisch-deutschen Reich (850-1100), </em>Studien zur Germania Sacra. Neue Folge 10 (Berlin/Boston 2019), pp. 177-208</li><li>Hans Meier-Welcker, 'Die Simonie im frühen&nbsp;Mittelalter. Begriff und Erscheinung in ihrer Entwicklung von der&nbsp;Spätantike bis zum Investiturstreit' in: <em>Zeitschrift für&nbsp;Kirchengeschichte </em>64 (1952/53), 61-93</li><li>Timothy Reuter, 'Gifts and simony', in <em>Medieval transformations: texts, power and gifts in context </em>(Leiden, 2001) p. 157-168</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Image: Paris BnF lat. 9448, fol. 54v </em><a href=\"https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84229915/f118.image\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84229915/f118.image</em></a></p><p><em>Music: Karen Gomyo (CC BY-NC 3.0)</em></p>","author_name":"Charles West"}