Beyond Time and Space

This volume honours our friend and colleague, the medieval historian Miriam Czock (1976-2020).

Her insightful and original scholarship has significantly shaped our understanding of the medieval past. At the time of her passing in 2020, Miriam was engaged in her second book, which explored the intersections of time and eternity in liturgical commentaries from the early to the late Middle Ages. This collection is divided into two parts, reflecting both Miriam’s own contributions to Medieval Studies as well as the work of scholars inspired by her research. Part One contains some of Miriam’s unpublished works. Part Two begins with reflections on Miriam Czock’s academic journey and thereafter follow twelve contributions written by friends and colleagues addressing themes central to her research. The present collection not only honours Miriam Czock’s scholarly legacy, but also showcases the continuing relevance of her research themes and the enduring respect of her colleagues.

Introduction

Matthew Bryan Gillis, Anja Rathmann-Lutz, Laury Sarti

Curiosity, Commitment, Compassion (and Carolingians): A Contribution of Warm, Golden Memories

   Tobias Czock

I. Unpublished Works of Miriam Czock

Annotated Time: The Development of the Relations Between the Present, the Past and the Future in Medieval Liturgy Commentaries

The Presence of the Present and the Management of the Future: The Exegetical Works of Rupert of Deutz

Raum
vor der Territorialisierung. Probleme und Perspektiven der schwäbischen
Landesgeschichte: ein Versuch am Beispiel der Vita Ulrichs von
Augsburg

Bibliography of Miriam Czock’s Publications

II. Essays in Memory of Miriam Czock

An Academic Life between the Ruhr and the Open Spaces of Medieval Studies

   Stefan Esders

Pinpointing the Holy: The Spatial Character of Holiness in the Works of Gregory of Tours

   Pia Lucas

Time and History: Implementation of Time in the Histories of Gregory of Tours and the Chronicle of Fredegar

   Hans-Werner Goetz

Time and Eternity in the Carolingian Libri Vitae: The Liber Viventium of Pfäfers Abbey

   Eva-Maria Butz

The Perils of Time: Revelation and Reckoning in the Age of Alcuin

   James T. Palmer

Time and Eternity Entwined: Haimo of Saint-Germain’s De miraculis sancti Germani

   Matthew Bryan Gillis

Imitating Amalarius: Liturgical History, Liturgical Time, and the Emulation of Authority in the Writings of Ademar of Chabannes

   Graeme Ward

Liturgical Austerity in Walahfrid Strabo’s Libellus de exordiis

   Thomas A. E. Greene

Between the Flood and the Last Judgement: Hincmar of Reims and the Trial by Ordeal

   Charles West

Bodies and Boundaries: Claiming Space in Early Medieval Francia

   Thomas Kohl

Creed, Controversy, and Catechesis: The Symbolum Fidei in the Carolingian Renewal

   Owen Phelan

Histories of a Shared Past? Perceptions of Antiquity in the Long Tenth-Century

   Laury Sarti

Time to Say Goodbye: Der Kreuzzug in der Vita S. Elyzabeth des Dietrich von Apolda

   Melanie Panse-Buchwalter

Matthew Bryan Gillis is professor in the History Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He is the series editor for Renovatio — Studies in the Carolingian World, and his most recent publication is Christ’s War: Holiness, heroism and horror in Carolingian poetry, c.730-c.900 (Manchester University Press, 2026).

Anja Rathmann-Lutz is a medievalist and Professor for the History of Materialities at the University of Erfurt. Her research concentrates on the cultural history of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, especially on the political use of images and questions of visibility, on materiality and mediality, on the history of late medieval cities and on questions on temporality and space-time relations. Her book on the concepts of change in the High Middle Ages will be published in 2027.

Laury Sarti is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Bonn. Her research focuses on the transition from Antiquity to the early Middle Ages, with particular emphasis on the Frankish world, Byzantium, and questions of identity and mobility. Her recent monographs include Orbis Romanus: Byzantium and the Legacy of Rome in the Carolingian World (OUP, 2024) and Mediterranean Connections: The Frankish Kingdoms and the Roman Empire (476–756) (Brill, 2025).

• Edited by Matthew Bryan Gillis
• Edited by Anja Rathmann-Lutz
• Edited by Laury Sarti