The aim of this study is to give a more precise interpretation, using the commemorative form of activity of confraternity, of the function and purpose behind such depictions, in the case of a few selected early medieval images of rulers, from the historical and social contexts of their genesis and the liturgical and commemorative aims of their use.
About the Author
Wolfgang Eric Wagner is professor for medieval history and auxiliary historical sciences at the University of Rostock. He has produced several publications on commemorative practice in the early and high Middle Ages, on diplomatic and epigraphy, as well as on the history of medieval universities.
