Bischofsnamen und Verwandtschaft in den Libri memoriales
Jens Lieven
Bishop names and kinship in the early medieval Libri memoriales. Comments on social origins of bishops Carolingian Empire. – The following article deals with Based selected entries memoriales Middle Ages it especially asks for how much came from highest aristocratic ruling class. Using vitae has to be noted that Empire not only elite. Obviously, climb a bishop was conceivable possible serf through personal excellence too, even if rarely exceptional cases. Nevertheless, however, majority is relate “Hocharistokratie” as Schulte later others asserted. As far make clear, identifying people often difficult; but cases which identification possible, they can certainly provide valuable information relationship thus contribute their origins. studied items name material let see, like Salomon III. Konstanz, Hunfrid Thérouanne or Hartbert Chur belong nobility. However, apparently families did “elite” aristocracy, so-called “Reichsaristokratie”. Rather, memorial book at most indicates very extensive nobility, were active leading position. For this reason frequently encountered statement, period primarily attributable nobility must reviewed modified. Certainly among obviously those families, who closely related king.
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