Stefan Burkhardt: Stupentes ob inauditam novitatem – Das ◊Neue“ im Mainzer Erzstift des 12. Jahrhunderts. Zur Anwendung von Innovationstheorien auf das Mittelalter

The 12th century is perceived as an era of far-reaching social changes. This article focusing on the archbishopric of Mayence aims to give answers on the following questions: How do modern theories reflect upon “innovation”? How are innovating processes structured? What features considered to be promoting or retarding these processes can be observed? Do equivalent phenomena exist in the Middle Ages? This analysis proves the great importance of topographical and cultural spatial structures, the profound rank of collegiate churches and monasteries accumulating and transferring knowledge, the eminent function of nobility in order to facilitate the acceptance of inventions and the central position of the archbishop moderating and coordinating these developments.

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