Clergy and city
Karen Desmond
In A paradise of priests, Catherine Saucier weaves a compelling narrative centred on the lives Liège’s founder-bishops as celebrated in hagiography, art, rituals and music made, enacted re-enacted by medieval clerical population Liège. Through an expert examination impressively vast array sources—including archival, liturgical, artistic hagiographic—Saucier analyses changing image city its through nine centuries documentary record. The story centres celebration deaths three bishops—Theodard (d. c.668), Lambert c.700) Hubert (d.727)—who were credited with foundation, promotion protection Liège, large wealthy city, capital prince-bishopric from 985, had numbers secular clergy, encompassing cathedral seven collegiate church chapters approximately 270 resident canons mid-11th century (p.147). It was, Petrarch observed, ‘place noted for clergy’ (p.4).
Early Music