β Scribed by Peter Coss, Christopher Dennis, Melissa Julian-Jones, Angelo Silvestri
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The medieval bishop occupied a position of central importance in European society between 900 and 1400. Indeed, medieval bishops across Europe were involved in an assortment of ecclesiastical and secular affairs, a feature of the episcopal office in this period that ensured their place amongst the most influential figures in their respective milieux. Such prominence has inevitably piqued the interest of modern scholars and a number of important studies focusing on individual aspects of the medieval episcopal office have emerged, notably in recent years. Yet scholarly attention has often been drawn towards the careers of extraordinary bishops, men whose renown was often due to their involvement in both ecclesiastical and secular activities that took them beyond the borders of their dioceses. As a result, there has been a tendency to overlook the significance of the function of the episcopal office within local society, and, in particular, the way that this context shaped episcopal power.
The purpose of this volume is to examine the foundations of episcopal power in medieval Europe by considering its functioning and development at the level of local society. This collection of essays derives from papers delivered at a conference at Cardiff University in May 2013, and is divided into three sections focusing on the construction of episcopal power in local society, the ways in which it was augmented, and the different forms through which it was expressed. The essays have a broad geographical scope and include studies focused on English, French, Italian, and Icelandic dioceses.
Front Matter ("Contents", "List of Illustrations", "Acknowledgements", "Abbreviations"), p. i
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Introduction, p. 1
Peter Coss, Chris Dennis, Melissa Julian-Jones, Angelo Silvestri
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114251
Part I: Constructing Episcopal Power
Bishops, Chronicles, and Historians: The Case of Twelfth-Century Coventry, p. 21
Peter Coss
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114252
Chieftains, Change, and Collaboration: Bishop Γrni ΓorlΓ‘ksson as the Reformer of the Icelandic Church, 1269-98, p. 41
Heidi Anett ΓvergΓ₯rd Beistad
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114253
Ecclesiastical Revival and the Spoils of War: Reconstructing Episcopal Power in the Diocese of Coutances after 1066, p. 61
Chris Dennis
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114254
The Life, Education, and Deeds of Robert Grosseteste: Perceptions of Episcopal Power at Thirteenth-Century Lincoln, p. 81
Angelo Silvestri
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114255
The Power of the Canons? Episcopal Authority and the Cathedral Chapter of Sion (Valais) around 1300, p. 97
Melanie Brunner
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114256
Part II: Enhancing Episcopal Power
Episcopal Power and Local Society in the Countryside: The Case of Brescia in the Twelfth Century, p. 117
Maria Chiara Succurro
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114257
Bishop Zoen of Avignon (1241-61) and the Programmatics of Power, p. 137
Christine Axen
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114258
Edges of Episcopal Power: Local Society and the Evolution of Diocesan Borders in Liège (c. 900-c. 1200), p. 157
Jelle Lisson
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114259
Holy Bishops and the Shaping of Episcopal Discourse in Early Eleventh-Century Cambrai, p. 175
Pieter Byttebier
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114260
Bishopsβ Deputies and Episcopal Power in Medieval Law, c. 1150 to c. 1350, p. 195
Aaron Hope
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114261
Part III: Expressing Episcopal Power
New Cathedrals and Old Saints: Expressing Episcopal Power in Durhamβs New Cathedral in the Late Eleventh Century, p. 221
Charlotte Lewandowski
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114262
Sealing Episcopal Identity: The Bishops of England, 1200-1300, p. 239
Melissa Julian-Jones
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114263
Popular Perceptions of Episcopal Power in Late Thirteenth-Century Hereford: Thomas de Cantilupe and the Case of Christina Cray, p. 259
Andrew Fleming
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114264
βDespite the Prohibition of the Lord Bishopβ: John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter (1327-69), and the Illusion of Episcopal Power, p. 271
John Jenkins
https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.114265
Back Matter, p. 291
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