The ‘vigorous rule’ of Bishop Lull: between Bonifatian mission and Carolingian church control
James T. Palmer
This paper argues that the reputation of St Boniface, one ‘founders Christian Europe’, needs to be understood in relation career Lull Mainz, saint's pupil and successor. It analyses Lull's literary, pastoral missionary interests, as well his political networks, illustrate how he helped give form legends Boniface and, particular, Willibald's Vita Bonifatii Bonifatian letter collections. Study commemoration Lull, principally Fulda, Hersfeld Malmesbury, also reveals much about ways used cult pursue a ‘vigorous rule’ over flock Mainz process alienate many contemporaries.
Early Medieval Europe