Die liturgische Gegenwart des abwesenden Königs Gebetsverbrüderung und Herrscherbild im frühen Mittelalter

The aim of this study is to give a more precise interpretation, using the commemorative form of activity of confraternity, of the function and purpose behind such depictions, in the case of a few selected early medieval images of rulers, from the historical and social contexts of their genesis and the liturgical and commemorative aims of their use.