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Freedom and protection : Monastic exemption in France, C. 590-c. 1100 / Kriston R. Rennie.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustrationContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526127730
  • 9781526127747
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • KBU2906 .F744 2018
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Contents:
Summary: This text examines the history of monastic exemption in early medieval France. In this era, the popes in Rome became de facto rulers and proprietors of numerous monasteries, establishing a foothold in the emerging business of monastic freedom and protection. The work explains the 'why' and 'how' of this relationship.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Prologue; Introduction; 1 The road to protection; 2 Rome's orbit; 3 Traditio Romana; 4 Making concessions; 5 The 'fetters of feudalism'; 6 'Victory of the papacy'?; Epilogue; Appendix: Monastic exemption privileges in France, c. 590-c. 1100; Bibliography; Index

This text examines the history of monastic exemption in early medieval France. In this era, the popes in Rome became de facto rulers and proprietors of numerous monasteries, establishing a foothold in the emerging business of monastic freedom and protection. The work explains the 'why' and 'how' of this relationship.

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