Struggles and Political Games in the Ninth- to Fourteenth-Century Monastic World of Brittany

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Laboratoire du Centre de recherches historiques de l'Ouest , Univ. de Bretagne-Sud

Organizer Name

Joëlle Quaghebeur

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. de Bretagne Sud

Presider Name

Claude L. Evans

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto-Mississauga

Paper Title 1

Landévennec, Redon, le Mont Saint-Michel, monastères de Bretagne et enjeux politiques majeurs aux IXe-XIe siècle

Presenter 1 Name

Joëlle Quaghebeur

Paper Title 2

L'apport des miracula Sancti Mauri d'Eudes de Glanfeuil à l'histoire des relations entre Bretons et Francs au IXe siècle

Presenter 2 Name

Guy Jarousseau

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. Catholique de l'Ouest

Paper Title 3

At the Crossroads of Diplomatic Practices: Writing Acta at Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

Presenter 3 Name

Cyprien Henry

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Archives nationales

Paper Title 4

Marmoutier in Brittany: The Question of Churches Custody in the Beginning of the Fourteenth Century

Presenter 4 Name

Vincent Launay

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. de Bretagne Sud

Start Date

12-5-2016 7:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 1040

Description

This session focusses on the Breton monastic world from the early Middle Ages to the early XIVth century, when Brittany began showing increasing signs of outside influence. These papers will concentrate on the impact of the religious and political struggles of the time on Breton monastic foundations.

Paper 1 will present a study of the ways in which monasteries such Landévennec, Redon and Mont-Saint-Michel wielded political as well as spiritual powers (IXth-XIth century). Paper 2 will attempt to show how a vision written by Eudes de Glanfeuil, can be seen an attempt to spread the Rule of Benedict in Brittany as support of Carolingian power. Paper 3 will describe how the scripts used at Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé give evidence that this monastery was in contact with ecclesiastical and wordly powers of the Loire valley, Poitou and British Isles. Paper 4 will analyse Marmoutier's XIVth century attempt to withdraw its Breton priories from the juridiction of Duke of Brittany as an opportunity for the King of France to get a foothold in the area.

Joëlle Quaghebeur

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May 12th, 7:30 PM

Struggles and Political Games in the Ninth- to Fourteenth-Century Monastic World of Brittany

Fetzer 1040

This session focusses on the Breton monastic world from the early Middle Ages to the early XIVth century, when Brittany began showing increasing signs of outside influence. These papers will concentrate on the impact of the religious and political struggles of the time on Breton monastic foundations.

Paper 1 will present a study of the ways in which monasteries such Landévennec, Redon and Mont-Saint-Michel wielded political as well as spiritual powers (IXth-XIth century). Paper 2 will attempt to show how a vision written by Eudes de Glanfeuil, can be seen an attempt to spread the Rule of Benedict in Brittany as support of Carolingian power. Paper 3 will describe how the scripts used at Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé give evidence that this monastery was in contact with ecclesiastical and wordly powers of the Loire valley, Poitou and British Isles. Paper 4 will analyse Marmoutier's XIVth century attempt to withdraw its Breton priories from the juridiction of Duke of Brittany as an opportunity for the King of France to get a foothold in the area.

Joëlle Quaghebeur