Interactions between Monks and the Lay Nobility (from the Carolingian Era through the Eleventh Century)
Isabelle Rosé|Matthew Mattingly
The concept of interaction between monks and nuns the lay nobility may at first seem paradoxical. After all, monastic project had initially been conceived as a flight from society. Once monasticism was established in West, however, its representatives quickly entered into close relations with ruling aristocracy. analysis that follows thus takes perspective social status, focusing on membership an ordo—a group determined by function society—whether (whose role it to pray) or laity (devoted making war) Carolingian era through eleventh century. Attention will also be given strategies kinship logic aristocratic dominance. Because I approach problem have used expressions “warrior” “lay nobility”/“aristocracy” interchangeably.
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