Inventing the Holy Rule: Some Observations on the History of Monastic Normative Observance in the Early Medieval West

Diem, Albrecht

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“…Une deuxième motivation vise à affirmer, par le biais d'actes de démonstration de l'autorité souveraine, le rôle auto-proclamé du législateur comme « correcteur » de la vie ecclésiastique, en liant ensemble différentes trames d'action et de discours réformistes au sein d'une seule déclaration exhaustive, qui renforce la compréhension actuelle du pouvoir carolingien et du soutien que lui ont apporté les communautés religieuses. Troisième motivation, souvent ignorée, la renovatio (et la publication puis l'usage de « décrets de réforme ») fonctionne comme un moyen de forcer les communautés locales, monastiques ou cléricales, à rendre compte de leur identité et de leurs pratiques, à les évaluer par rapport aux attentes des souverains 42 . Cette tentative d'évaluer ce que l'on pourrait nommer le « récit-règle » des communautés religieuses individuelles est avant tout un acte politique, qui vise à générer une double dialectique.…”

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À quoi sert la renovatio ? Réforme carolingienne et changements institutionnels dans la vie religieuse des ix e et x e siècles

Vanderputten

2024

Cahiers De Civilisation Médiévale

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La renovatio de l’Église franque au début du ix e siècle doit-elle être considérée comme une étape cruciale dans le processus d’institutionnalisation de la vie religieuse ? Pour répondre à cette question, cet article revient sur quatre idées reçues qu’il convient de dépasser : premièrement, que les réformateurs carolingiens ont créé des cohortes uniformes de maisons de chanoines, chanoinesses, moines bénédictins et moniales bénédictines ; deuxièmement, que les communautés dans chacune de ces cohortes devaient suivre à la lettre leurs règles et les décrets associés ; troisièmement, que la renovatio a entièrement modifié la perception de ces règles et décrets ; enfin, que ces trois facteurs ont déterminé le programme des réformes du x e siècle.

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À quoi sert la renovatio ? Réforme carolingienne et changements institutionnels dans la vie religieuse des ix e et x e siècles

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2024

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“…He rose through the ranks as one of Charlemagne's courtiers before becoming disillusioned with earthly life and turning to asceticism. Taking a «hero's journey» through all monastic options and rules available to those wishing to relinquish the world, he settled upon the Regula Benedicti as the perfect way of life 75 . Once settled, he was gradually drawn back into courtly circles, eventually becoming one of the leading authorities on monastic life in the empire, one of the key advisors to Louis the Pious, and one of the driving forces behind the monastic reform movement that characterised Carolingian rule in the late eighth and early ninth centuries.…”

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You Only Die Twice? Abbots between Community and Empire. The Cases of Martin of Tours and Benedict of Aniane

Kramer¹,

Wieser²

2017

Hortus Artium Medievalium

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is article 1 compares the deaths of two abbots as told by contemporary observers, and shows how the relationship between these saints and their ascetic communities on the one hand and secular imperial authorities on the other hand would be consolidated in the way people were shown to react to their demise. First, the life and death Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316-397) are analysed through the Vita Martini and the letters by Sulpicius Severus. Against the backdrop of a strenuous relation between Roman imperial interests and a burgeoning Christendom, the author uses Martin's post-mortem reputation to appropriate the authority of his erstwhile rival, the emperor Maximus. In doing so, an attempt is made to resolve the conundrum of how to be Christian under Roman authority. en, two di erent descriptions of the death of Benedict of Aniane (c. 750-821) are presented, one by his hagiographer Ardo, the other a supposed eye-witness account by the monks of Inda. By contrasting these two accounts, it will be shown how di erent observers dealt with the tensions between personal salvation, imperial reform e orts and monastic idealism that emerged when secular and religious authority converged in the Carolingian era. e juxtaposition of the fth-century situation with the ninth-century accounts, nally, will highlight how understanding of authority has evolved in the wake of the spread of Christianityboth in the eyes of those in power, and according to those dealing with them in word and deed.

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“…60 Then follows an overview of what this entails, for example when dealing with the burning question of episcopal control over monasteries. 61 The text establishes that, although the abbot is responsible for obedience to the regula within the cloister, 'it is the bishop who should competently manage the providence of the monasteries'. 62 In the context of an ordo for a reform council, additions such as these reminded any abbot or monk present of their subservient status, while simultaneously reminding (arch)bishops of the extent of their responsibilities.…”

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Order in the church: understanding councils and performing ordines in the Carolingian world

Kramer

2017

Early Medieval Europe

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This article takes a fresh look at Carolingian councils through the prism of Ordines de Celebrando Concilio. Presenting themselves as instructions on how to hold councils, such ordines in part act as prescriptive texts aimed at ensuring that the liturgical framework around these meetings would guarantee the credibility of their conclusions – thus creating an image of ecclesiastical unity reflected both in the councils themselves and in their written records. By probing beyond these liturgical directions, it is here argued that the Carolingian ordines also aimed at maintaining an open, safe climate for holding debates that could actually push the agenda and effectuate useful correctio. The prescriptive nature of these texts not only enlarged the scale at which participants in individual councils saw themselves operate, but also served to ensure that the purity and pastoral authority of the discussants remained inviolate.

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Inventing the Holy Rule: Some Observations on the History of Monastic Normative Observance in the Early Medieval West

Cited by 78 publications

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À quoi sert la renovatio ? Réforme carolingienne et changements institutionnels dans la vie religieuse des ix e et x e siècles

À quoi sert la renovatio ? Réforme carolingienne et changements institutionnels dans la vie religieuse des ix e et x e siècles

You Only Die Twice? Abbots between Community and Empire. The Cases of Martin of Tours and Benedict of Aniane

Order in the church: understanding councils and performing ordines in the Carolingian world

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