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Author Rennie, Kriston R., author

Title Freedom and protection : Monastic exemption in France, C. 590-c. 1100 / Kriston R. Rennie
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustration
Contents 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
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
Analysis Canon law
Carolingian
Merovingian
Roman Church
exemption
freedom
immunity
monasticism
papacy
protection
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-237) and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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Subject Monasticism and religious orders -- France -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Exemption (Canon law)
Christian Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Exemption (Canon law)
Monasticism and religious orders -- Middle Ages
Exemption (droit canonique)
Ordres monastiques et religieux -- France -- Histoire -- Moyen âge.
France
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526127730
1526127733
9781526127747
1526127741