The Gniezno Summit: The Religious Premises of the Founding of the Archbishopric of Gniezno

Product Description In The Gniezno Summit Roman Michalowski points to the significance of the relics, kept in Gniezno, of St. Adalbert, regarded as an apostle, and to Emperor Otto III's profoundly ascetic spirituality. Review "[This is] a fascinating exploration of politics, church-state relations, and piety in the early Middle Ages. While its title suggests a rather tight focus on a particular moment in Polish history, in fact the book encompasses the Frankish and Saxon worlds of the ninth and tenth centuries, with occasional forays further afield and further back in time. This makes good sense, for the early history of Poland's ecclesiastical development was firmly rooted in larger European conventions and processes. [...] The book deserves a broad readership not only among scholars of Poland's medieval history but medievalists in general." Robert E. Alvis, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, in: Slavic Review, 76/4 (2017), pp. 1078-1079. About the Author Roman Michalowski, Ph.D. (1979), University of Warsaw, is Professor of the Medieval History at that university. He has published monographs and many articles on the Middle Ages, including Princeps fundator (Arx Regia, 1993).