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medieval worlds • no. 15 special issue • 2022
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medieval worlds • no. 15 special issue • 2022, pp. 145-174, 2022/06/08
This chapter examines De episcopis Salisburgensibus, a late 12th-century collection of texts concerning the bishops and history of Salzburg that was seemingly compiled by monks belonging to the Benedictine monastery of Admont in Styria, Austria. It discusses the structure, sources, manuscript tradition and reception of this little-known collection, which focuses primarily on the ›glorious‹ early centuries of the archiepiscopal see but through the inclusion of the Lives of later bishops and a bishops’ list also stresses continuity in the sanctity and importance of the Salzburg institution. This latter message was particularly apt at the time of writing, which followed decades of upheaval due to conflict between the Salzburg archbishops and Emperor Frederick I. The compilation of this propagandistic collection by Admont monks was in keeping with the close historical and cultural relationship between the monastery and the archepiscopal see and the long-standing role of Admont as a centre for the composition and compilation of hagiographical and historiographical works concerning Salzburg and its bishops. Building upon a detailed appraisal of the manuscript evidence, this chapter shines light on the compilation strategies employed by the compilers of De episcopis Salisburgensibus and discusses the collection in the context of the special relationship between Salzburg and Admont.
Keywords: Salzburg, Admont, hagiography, historiography, manuscript transmission, institutional history, compilation strategy, monastic identity