14 Kings and Lay Abbots: The Royal Diplomata
John Nightingale
Abstract A series of three diplomata, granted by Arnulf, Zwentibold, and Charles the Simple, confirm lands which pertained to exclusive use Saint-Maximin's religious community. They record a total thirty-three places, twenty-one were situated in diocese Trier. Three possessions named Metz: Borny, Bezange-la-Petite, Lucy Seillgau. The most striking extensive outlying groups those Mainz. diplomata give no indication extent community's holdings each place, but estates with numerous often distant dependencies recorded at many these places late 12th-century polyptych are likely have stemmed from donations, royal fisc, Merovingian early Carolingian periods. increasing fragmentation villae Moselle region during 9th century made their acquisition later date improbable.
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