‘The king and the bishops have much to offer’: episcopal appointments and the legitimacy conflict over the archiepiscopal see of Reims (989‐99)
Jelle Lisson
At the end of tenth century, two clerics laid claim to archiepiscopal see Reims: Arnulf Reims and Gerbert Aurillac. This episode constitutes an unprecedented opportunity explore episcopal appointments, because survival three lengthy narratives: council acts Saint‐Basle (991), Gerbert’s letter collection Historiae Richer Reims. The primary goal this article is coax out many parties involved in decision‐making process preceding appointment as well multifaceted, volatile ties between these participants. enables us identify their strategies motives beyond dichotomy Carolingian Capetian royal power, formulaic records narrative, diplomatic epistolary sources that merely echo canon law .
Early Medieval Europe