Bishops, Priests and Ecclesiastical Discipline in Tenth and Eleventh-Century Lotharingia
Bastiaan Waagmeester
Abstract This article examines how tenth and eleventh-century bishops imposed ecclesiastical discipline on their priests after the waves of Carolingian episcopal statutes had ceased. It uses manuscript Troyes, Médiathèque Jacques-Chirac, Ms 1979 as an example manual with which could impose maintain in diocese via organisation local synods, holding a court visitation. The question contains material to support these tasks demonstrates institutions were shaped by ideals predecessors. starts analysis composition then goes explore it have been used for instruction examination during diocesan synods. Finally, collection canones manuscript, also known ‘Collectio 234 capitulorum’, means establish monitoring behaviour administering justice visitation court. A description 1979’s content codicological well comprising capitulorum’ added appendices.
Frühmittelalterliche Studien