The Council of Constance as a European Event. Encounters, Media and Rituals

秋季会议“康斯坦茨理事会作为一个欧洲事件。Konstanzer Arbeitskreis für mittelaltertliche Geschichte在2011年举办的“相遇，媒体和仪式”是对之前几次会议的后续，并探讨了中世纪研究中当前的主题焦点和方法论方法，这将使学者们无法分析，以新的和富有成效的方式描述和评估康斯坦茨理事会的事件。因此，出版这次会议成果的卷集中在领域研究，还没有得到彻底的关注。鉴于在1964年举行的君士坦丁堡550周年荣誉会议并没有关注理事会本身，而是在中世纪后期的世界，它发生在和政治，社会，教会，和15世纪世纪的知识趋势，在2004年的会议下一次会议的“议会的比萨（1409），康斯坦茨（Konstanz，1414- 1418）和巴塞尔（Basel，1431-1449）“对发展机构、代理人及其个人网络给予了特别的关注。鉴于即将到来的600周年纪念日，有理由最终集中在理事会本身，而不仅仅是在康斯坦茨市的行动。相反，似乎必须承认事件的欧洲层面。分析欧洲大国与理事会之间的关系是绝对必要的。特别关注伊比利亚半岛和西欧作为联盟谈判的重要背景的作用，不应再将其视为次要场景或政治边缘。必要性已变得明显，以整合交易发生在远离康斯坦茨，但在同一时间在不断交流与主教聚集在那里。在这方面，最近关于外交史的出版物提供了有益的新方法。在整个书籍主要关注的是寻求对康斯坦茨理事会，这适用于正在进行的趋势，在中世纪教会的历史，以及研究conciliarism评估的方法。因此，康斯坦茨的理事会应被理解为一个政治事件，符合最近的政治历史的关键词“相遇，媒体和仪式”。国家和领域的关注和议程，理事会的长期影响以及外部刺激，从而可以被包括在内。沟通的历史前提条件与所有参与者的实际操作一样重要，无论是在地理上，还是在经济上。作为政治传播媒介和仪式的公共层面的重要因素，如口语和通信，布道和音乐，手稿和文本的传播以及主题和个人的物理和象征性存在都要考虑。

The autumnal conference ‘The Council of Constance as a European Event. Encounters, Media and Rituals’ held by the Konstanzer Arbeitskreis für mittelalterliche Geschichte in 2011 followed up on several preceding meetings and explored the current thematic focal points and methodological approaches in Medieval Studies, which will inable scholars to analyse, describe and assess the events of the Council of Constance in new and fruitful ways.The volume publishing the results of this conference therefore concentrates on fields of research, which have not been thoroughly attended to yet. Whereas the conference held in honor of the 550th anniversary of the Constantiense in 1964 did not focus on the Council itself, but rather on the late medieval world in which it took place and the political, social, ecclesiastical, and intellectual trends of the 15th century, the following meeting in 2004 ‘The Councils of Pisa (1409), Konstanz (1414-18) and Basel (1431-1449)‘ bestowed special interest on developing institutions as well as agents and their personal networks. In light of the forthcoming 600th anniversary it stood to reason to finally concentrate on the council itself but not solely on the actions in the city of Constance. Instead, it seemed mandatory to recognise the European dimension of events. It is absolutely essential to analyse the relations between European powers and the council. Special attention has been given to the Iberian Penisula and the role of Western Europe as a prominent setting for union negotiations, which should no longer be regarded as secondary scenes or political periphery. The necessity has become apparent to integrate dealings taking place afar from Constance, but at the same time in constant exchange with the prelates assembled there. In this regard, recent publications on the history of diplomacy yield helpful new approaches. On the whole the books main concern is to seek approaches towards an assessment of the Council of Constance, which apply to ongoing trends in medieval ecclesiastical history as well as research on conciliarism. Accordingly, the Council of Constance is to be appreciated as a political occurrence in line with the more recent political history under the keywords „Encounters, Media and Rituals“. The nations’ and realms’ concerns and agendas, the council’s long range effects as well as external stimuli can thus be comprised. Historical preconditions of communication are of interest no less than the actual operations of all involved diplomatically, argumentatively an economically. As important factors of the public dimensions of political communication media and rituals are to be considered, such as the spoken word and correspondences, preaching and music, the diffusion of manuscripts and texts as much as the physical and emblematic presence of subject-matters and individuals.