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Literature on Church History, 1914–1920. II. The Mediaeval Church

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

Gustav Krüger
Gustav Krüger
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Professor of Church History in Giessen, Germany
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In the introduction to my first article (Harvard Theological Review, October 1921) I have already remarked that it is neither necessary nor possible to present the literature of mediaeval church history with the fullness which is desirable for the history of the early church. In a general survey everything that has only a local interest must be omitted, and even in what remains the wheat must be winnowed from the chaff. The reviewer need not complain of lack of material; indeed what is valuable greatly exceeds in amount what is unimportant. This is especially true of those comprehensive treatises which deal either with the Middle Ages as a whole or with special periods.

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Research Article
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Harvard Theological Review , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , October 1922 , pp. 323 - 405
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Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 1922

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References

1 In so large a subject, it is impossible to form an independent judgment on all the books and articles, especially for one who, like the present reviewer, has as his special field in the narrower sense early church history only. I ought to say, however, that all the German and Austrian publications commented on have passed through my hands. To the valuable notices of NADG I am especially indebted. For the Scandinavian literature Professor Valdemar Ammundsen of Copenhagen, Mr. Hilding Pleijel in Lonhofda, and Professor S. Mowinckel in Christiania, and for the Dutch, Pastor Bakhuizen van den Brink of Nieuw Dortrecht have given me valuable assistance.

2 Of the first volume, Die Philosophie des Altertums, the eleventh edition appeared in 1920, edited by Karl Praechter, the well-known writer on later Greek philosophy. The period of Hellenistic and Roman philosophy, peculiarly important for theologians, is the part to which the editor, as was natural in view of the field of his own studies' has given special attention in his revision.

3 A list of twenty-two of these studies is given in NADG 41, 1919, 327, but it does not include all.

4 For the origin of this formula consult especially Schmitz, Karl, Ursprung and Geschichte der Devotionsformeln bis zu ihrer Aufnahme in die fränkische Königsurkunde (KA 81, 1913)Google Scholar. xviii, 192 pp. Stuttgart, Enke. 1913.

5 For the late mediaeval development of this idea, which lies outside of our province, see Schoeniman, Ernst, Die Idee der Volkssouveränität im mittelalterlichen Rom (Frankfurter historische Studien, hrsg. von Georg Küntzel und Fritz Kern, N.S., 2). Frankfurt dissertation. 128 pp. Leipzig, Köhler, 1919Google Scholar.

6 A history of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica, written by Professor Harry Bresslau at the request of the managing committee, was published in 1921 as vol. 42 of NADG (xvi, 769 pp.).

7 On the editions of the Chronicle of Adam of Bremen and the letters of Gregory VII, see sections V and IV below.

8 Heinrich Brewer has pointed out (ZkTh 13, 1919, 693–695) that the masses which Mone dates before the time of Constantine were composed by Fortunatus.

9 See also Michael Tangl, Das Bistum Erfurt (Geschichtliche Studien für Albert Hauck, 108–120, Leipzig, Hinrichs, 1916).

10 I may state that I took this position as long ago as 1889 (Theol. Literaturzeitung, nos. 17 and 18) in a full discussion of Friedrich's views. At that time but few investigators had adopted it, among them B. Scheffer-Boichorst.

11 On the side of church policy this is well supplemented by Köhler, Hermann, Die Ketzerpolitik der deutschen Kaiser und Könige in den Jahren 1152–1254 (Jenaer historische Arbeiten 6), Bonn, Marcus u. Weber, 1913.Google Scholar

12 On Beiheft 2 (Bierbaum) see section IX, Scholastic Philosophy and Theology.

13 According to the best manuscripts, as Geyer shows, this name should be pronounced Abaëlard, in four syllables.

14 Cf. Lehmann, Edvard, Vorefaders omwendelse i anledning av Fredrik Paasche: Kristendom og Kvad (Kirke og Kultur, 1914, 103–110)Google Scholar and F. Paasche (ib. 251–255); also the critical discussions in NoTT, 1915, 149–183.