A defence against the arrows of the disturbance to come: royal protection and the consolidation of monastic reform under Count Arnulf I of Flanders (918-65)
Brigitte Meijns
Monastic immunities have been much studied in recent years, but the royal protection (tuitio) that was often associated with them documents has comparatively neglected. This article examines King Lothar's diplomas for Flemish monasteries years 962–6, texts which played a major role. It argues issuing of these reflected conjunctural political alliance between king and count Arnulf I, also their juridical content general, bestowal particular, valued by recipient institutions. In this way makes case more rounded understanding tuitio tenth-century West Frankish kingdom.
Early Medieval Europe|Lirias (KU Leuven)