Noble lord, good shepherd : Episcopal power and piety in Aquitaine, 877-1050 / by Anna Trumbore Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Anna Trumbore.

Series:

Brill's series on the early Middle Ages ; v. 17.

Brill's series on the early Middle Ages, 1386-4165 ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bishops--France--Aquitaine--History--To 1500.

Bishops.

Aquitaine (France)--Church history--To 1500.

Aquitaine (France).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The bishop was a figure of unparalleled importance in the tenth and eleventh centuries, as he married the advantages of his noble birth to the sacramental and pastoral role of bishop, drawing upon the resultant range of powers to intervene in all areas of life. Scholarship on the episcopate in this period, however, has tended to cluster around two themes: the role of bishops in the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and the critiques of these bishops levied by certain church reformers. This book moves beyond these subjects and examines the full scope of bishops’ activities in southwest France, as they ruled their cathedrals, interacted with lay powers, patronized religious communities, and wrestled with the complex nature of their office.

Contents:

In bishops we honor or deny the Lord

Ad locum sanctum, ad stipendia fratrum : the bishop and his cathedral

If the count should send a bishop : lay authority and the bishops of Aquitaine

Episcopal authority at religious communities

Episcopal foundation, restoration, and reform of religious houses

Aiding the servants of faith : bishops and donations to religious houses

Ideals of episcopal power in tenth-century Aquitaine.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-252) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60267-5

9786612602672

90-474-4371-3

OCLC:

607552767

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004177864.i-262 DOI