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M.
A. Claussen.
The
Reform of the Frankish Church: Chrodegang of Metz and the Regula
canonicorum in the Eighth Century.
Cambridge
U.P., 2005.
Cambridge
Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (No. 61).
ISBN-10:
0521839319 | ISBN-13: 9780521839310.
Hardback.
228 x
152 mm.
362pp.
Publisher's
recommended price £48.00
Chrodegang of Metz (c.
712–766) was a leading figure of the late Merovingian and early
Carolingian Church. Born to one of the principal aristocratic families
in Austrasia, he served as referendary of Charles Martel, and was
appointed bishop of Metz in the 740s. As bishop, Chrodegang became one
of the foremost churchmen in Francia, chairing councils, founding
monasteries, and beginning a reform of the lives of the canons of the
Metz cathedral. This book, the first major study in the English
language on Chrodegang, examines his preoccupation with the creation of
communities of faith and concord modeled on the early church. It
explores his attempts to unite the Frankish episcopacy, his rule for
the cathedral clergy in Metz - the Regula
canonicorum - and his introduction of new liturgical practices
that sought to transform his see into a hagiopolis, a holy city which
provided a model for later Carolingian reform.
Contents
Introduction; 1. Chrodegang in the Frankish church; 2. The Regula
canonicorum; 3. Chrodegang and the Rule of St. Benedict; 4. Roman and
Gallic sources for the Regula canonicorum; 5. Individual, community and
ritual in the Regula canonicorum; 6. Hagiopolis.
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