Friend or Foe? The Bishops of Metz in Monastic Historical Narrative, c. 1000–c. 1200

Autor:	Samantha Kahn Herrick
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Literature History biology business.industry Narrative history media_common.quotation_subject Religious studies Contrast (music) biology.organism_classification Reading (process) Narrative Bishops business media_common
Zdroj:	The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 71:253-269
ISSN:	1469-7637 0022-0469
DOI:	10.1017/s0022046919001192
Popis:	Monks writing at Saint-Clément, Metz, over roughly two hundred years produced conflicting images of Bishop Theodoric I (965–84). In earlier texts, he is the monks’ benefactor, in later sources, their foe. Historians have sought to flatten this contrast, partly because of their assumptions about monastic reform. This paper offers an alternative reading that questions those assumptions. It suggests that the evolution of Theodoric's image reflects changing ideas about monastic reform and the proper relationship between bishops and monks. It also cautions against accepting narratives – medieval or modern – that obscure the fluidity of such ideas and relationships.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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