Local Churches, Monasteries, and Bishops in León Between the Ninth and Eleventh Centuries

Local Churches, Monasteries, and Bishops in León Between the Ninth and Eleventh Centuries

This volume contributes to a deeper understanding of the different forms of ecclesiastical articulation in early medieval Spain. While traditional studies have focused on higher instances of ecclesiastical power, this work offers a bottom-up perspective centred on the local churches and the bonds they established with monasteries and bishops. This approach engages in a reflection on the nature of the diocese in the Early Middle Ages, as well as furthering our knowledge of early medieval local societies and their social dynamics.
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
    • Abbreviations
    • Introduction
    • 1 Local Churches
      • Historiographical framework: Perspectives and contributions
      • A range of social initiatives
        • The churches of the local elites
        • The churches and monasteries of the aristocracy
      • The materiality of churches
      • Religious functions
      • Churches and rural communities
      • Local churches between individual control and their collective role
      • Bibliography
    • 2 Monasteries and Ecclesiastical Organisation
      • The monasteries
      • Donations to monastic communities
      • The establishment of ecclesiastical networks around monasteries
      • Bishops and the monastic world in the early Middle Ages
      • The consequences of transferring churches to monastic communities
      • Bibliography
    • 3 Bishops and the Origins of the Diocese
      • The bishops and the diocese
      • The bases of episcopal power in the early Middle Ages
      • Church donations, social relationships and patronage
      • Ecclesiastical reform and the advance on local churches
      • Ecclesiastical revenues and episcopal thirds
      • Control over local clergy
      • The organisation of the diocese
        • Church management and the development of diocesan clergy
        • The establishment of diocesan boundaries and the insertion of the diocese into metropolitan structures
      • The consecration of the new church of León: The sign of a new era
      • The construction of the diocese: The beginning of a conflictive process
      • Bibliography
    • Conclusions
    • Bibliography
    • Index

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