Peace and Purges : Episcopal Administration of Religious Communities and the Contested See of Reims (c. 931-953)
Ortwin Huysmans
From 931 until 961, two claimants, each with their own powerful allies, contested the archiepiscopal see of Reims. This prolonged and often violent conflict was rooted in secular competition between Bosonid, Carolingian, Vermandois Robertian dynasties. article examines archbishops’ management monastic canonical houses during these controversies. It argues that circumstances heavily shaped episcopal administration religious communities such highly politicized times. Their interventions monasteries canonries could either intend compromise reconciliation, discipline wayward clerics monks, or display a genuine pastoral solicitude. Furthermore, scrutiny policies against backdrop political situation, demonstrates vigorous action relied on support failed to be effective without.
Revue Bénédictine