Noble Lord, Good Shepherd: Episcopal Power and Piety in Aquitaine, 877-1050The bishop was a figure of unparalleled importance in the tenth and eleventh centuries, as he married the advantages of his noble birth to the sacramental and pastoral role of bishop, drawing upon the resultant range of powers to intervene in all areas of life. Scholarship on the episcopate in this period, however, has tended to cluster around two themes: the role of bishops in the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and the critiques of these bishops levied by certain church reformers. This book moves beyond these subjects and examines the full scope of bishops activities in southwest France, as they ruled their cathedrals, interacted with lay powers, patronized religious communities, and wrestled with the complex nature of their office. |
Contents
In Bishops We Honor or Deny the Lord | 1 |
The Bishop and His Cathedral | 27 |
Lay Authority and the Bishops of Aquitaine | 61 |
IV Episcopal Authority at Religious Communities | 105 |
V Episcopal Foundation Restoration and Reform of Religious Houses | 145 |
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abbot Actes Ademar of Chabannes Alboin Angoulême Annales Aquitanian Aquitanian bishops archéologique et historique Arnald assertion bishop of Limoges bishops of Poitiers Bordeaux brother Carolingian Cartulaire de l'abbaye cartulary cathedral canons cathedral land Charroux charter Chronicle of Saint-Maixent Chronique church clergy clerics Cluny consecration council dated diocese documents donations donors ducal Duke William dukes of Aquitaine Ebles Ebles of Limoges Ebles's eleventh centuries estates Études évêques example Eymoutiers Fleury France Frotier Gauzlin gave Geoffrey Gerald gift given Grimoard Hildegar Hilduin Historia monasterii Usercensis Historia pontificum involvement Isembert Jean Becquet Limousin lord Medieval monastery monastic monks Nouaillé Paris Peace Périgueux period Poitou privilege reform religious houses restoration Roho role ruled Saint-Augustin Saint-Cybard Saint-Cyprien Saint-Étienne Saint-Hilaire Saint-Junien Saint-Laon Saint-Maixent Saint-Martial Saint-Pierre Sancti Société archéologique soul sources successor tenth tenth-century Timothy Reuter trans Trumbore Jones Uzerche Vikings Viscount William Iron-Arm William Tow-Head XIIe siècles