Monasteries and Patrons in the Gorze Reform: Lotharingia C.850-1000(Oxford Historical Monographs)

Series: Oxford Historical Monographs

The prominent role of monasteries in the early medieval period is explored in detail in this study of the relations between monasteries and the nobility in Lotharingia in the ninth and tenth centuries. The book focuses on three renowned monasteries during this period of monastic reform in Europe. The author challenges accepted views of the monasteries' role and explores the complex links with king