Bishops and the Politics of Patronage in Merovingian Gaul

I. Halfond Gregory

Description

Following the dissolution of the Western Roman Empire, local Christian leaders were confronted with the problem of how to conceptualize and administer their regional churches. As Gregory Halfond shows, the bishops of post-Roman Gaul oversaw a transformation in the relationship between church and state. He shows that by constituting themselves as a corporate body, the Gallic episcopate was able to wield significant political influence on local, regional, and kingdom-wide scales.Gallo-Frankish bishops were conscious of their corporate membership in an exclusive order, the rights and responsibilities of which were consistently being redefined and subsequently expressed through liturgy, dress, physical space, preaching, and association with cults of sanctity. But as Halfond demonstrates, individual bishops, motivated by the promise of royal patronage to provide various forms of service to the court, often struggled, sometimes unsuccessfully, to balance their competing loyalties. However, even the resulting conflicts between individual bishops did not, he shows, fundamentally undermine the Gallo-Frankish episcopate's corporate identity or integrity. Ultimately, Halfond provides a far more subtle and sophisticated understanding of church-state relations across the early medieval period.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Christian Church
• Middle Ages
• History of Christianity
• History of Europe
• Christianity

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 septembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501739323
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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BïSHOPS AND THE POïTïCS OF PATRONAGE ïN MEROVïNGïAN GAU

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Names: Haond, Gregory ï., author. Tîte: Bîshops and the poîtîcs o patronage în  Merovîngîan Gau / Gregory ï. Haond. Descrîptîon: ïthaca [New York] : Corne Unîversîty Press,  209. | ïncudes bîbîographîca reerences and îndex. ïdentîIers: CCN 20805346 (prînt) |  CCN 20805536 (ebook) | ïSBN 97850739323 (pd ) |  ïSBN 97850739354 (epub/mobî) |  ïSBN 9785073936 | ïSBN 9785073936 (coth ;  ak. paper) Subjects: CSH: Bîshops—Gau—Tempora power. |  Bîshops—Poîtîca Actîvîty—Gau. | Church and  state—Gau. | Merovîngîans. | Epîscopacy—Hîstory. |  France—Poîtîcs and government—To 987. |  France—Church hîstory—To 987. CassîIcatîon: CC BX905 (ebook) |  CC BX905 .H35 209 (prînt) | DDC 274.4/02—dc23 C record avaîabe at https://ccn.oc.gov/20805346

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Thîs book never woud have seen the îght o day wîthout the hep and support o numerous îndîvîduas. At Corne Unî- versîty Press, ï woud îke to thank Bethany Wasîk, Karen Hwa, and espe- cîay Mahînder Kîngra, who shepherded thîs project rom îts begînnîngs through pubîcatîon, provîdîng both encouragement and învauabe advîce or împrovîng the Ina product. Kate Gîbson and the staf o Westchester Pubîshîng Servîces metîcuousy prooread the manuscrîpt, savîng me rom many an error. Bernard S. Bachrach, Yanîv Fox, and Jamîe Kreîner a read and commented on earîer drats o the manuscrîpt, and ï am deepy îndebted to them, as we as to the two anonymous readers or Corne Unîversîty Press, or theîr expert advîce, crîtîcîsm, and suggestîons. At Framîngham State Unîversîty ï woud îke to thank my coeague Dave Merwîn or gener- ousy provîdîng the map, as we as the staf at the Whîttemore îbrary, espe- cîay Danîee amontagne and Kîeran Shakeshat, or hepîng me to secure the many resources that ï requîred to compete thîs book. Fînay, ï woud îke to thank my amîy: Jay and Gaye Haond, Rebecca ahue, Jeanne Haond, and especîay arîssa, Benjamîn, and Mîo Haond, to whom thîs book îs ovîngy dedîcated.

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