Church in the City: Ecclesiastical Power and Urban Government in Medieval Italy (Tenth-Thirteenth Centuries)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Emilie Kurdziel
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. de Poitiers
Presider Name
Alma Poloni
Presider Affiliation
Univ. di Pisa
Paper Title 1
The Bishop, the Canons, and the Nascent Commune (Eleventh Century)
Presenter 1 Name
Emilie Kurdziel
Paper Title 2
Transadriatic Divergence : The Origins and Development of Urban Communes in Istria (Twelfth-Thirteenth Centuries)
Presenter 2 Name
Josip Banic
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Central European Univ.
Paper Title 3
Is the Bishop the New Sheriff in Town? Civil and Criminal Justice in Pistoia (Thirteenth Century)
Presenter 3 Name
Arnaud Fossier
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Bourgogne
Start Date
11-5-2018 10:00 AM
Session Location
Bernhard 158
Description
The session will examine the multiple and complex links between the Church and urban civil authorities, in order to determine how Church took part of the government of the city after the bishop had lost the better part of his prerogatives in that matter (from the 10th century and on). More broadly, the aim would be to address the problem of the cooperation or rivalry between those two institutionnal entities. In this perspective, the Church will be apprehended as a whole, in its different manifestations : her staff, her institutions, her rights, properties and jurisdictions. Several aspects and topics will be investigated : the transfer of “personnel”, of normative models and administrative practices from one sphere to another ; jurisdictional issues ; rivalry or disputes relating to the control of certain areas or over certain institutions.
Arnaud Fossier
Church in the City: Ecclesiastical Power and Urban Government in Medieval Italy (Tenth-Thirteenth Centuries)
Bernhard 158
The session will examine the multiple and complex links between the Church and urban civil authorities, in order to determine how Church took part of the government of the city after the bishop had lost the better part of his prerogatives in that matter (from the 10th century and on). More broadly, the aim would be to address the problem of the cooperation or rivalry between those two institutionnal entities. In this perspective, the Church will be apprehended as a whole, in its different manifestations : her staff, her institutions, her rights, properties and jurisdictions. Several aspects and topics will be investigated : the transfer of “personnel”, of normative models and administrative practices from one sphere to another ; jurisdictional issues ; rivalry or disputes relating to the control of certain areas or over certain institutions.
Arnaud Fossier