Reformist hagiography: the Life of St Roding of Beaulieu and the struggle for power in early eleventh-century Lotharingia
Koen Vanheule
ABSTRACTThis article explores an example of ‘reformist’ hagiographic production in early eleventh-century Lotharingia by focusing on the Life St Roding Beaulieu, a small monastery diocese Verdun. Until recently, this text was interpreted exclusively terms scant information it provides for institution's medieval history and its ideological message regarding monastic discipline leadership. By integrating composition into then-current regional geography political context, proposes new approach to interpretation understanding Beaulieu’s ‘monastic reform’ general. Close analysis narrative reveals that inspired specific issues relating local politics mid-1010s, parts recent were veiled allegorically behind portrayal Roding. However, rapid changes power relationships rendered those aspects ...
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