Gervase of Canterbury, Christ Church and the Archbishops
In two texts written between 1185 and 1205, Gervase of Canterbury proposed a vision of the role of the Benedictine community of Christ Church in relation to the archbishop, their nominal abbot. In the Tractatus de combustione and the Actus pontificum, Gervase repeatedly presented the monks as the gu...
| Published in: | The journal of ecclesiastical history |
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2009
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Summary: | In two texts written between 1185 and 1205, Gervase of Canterbury proposed a vision of the role of the Benedictine community of Christ Church in relation to the archbishop, their nominal abbot. In the Tractatus de combustione and the Actus pontificum, Gervase repeatedly presented the monks as the guardians of the archbishops' relics and memory. This in turn allowed him to establish close links between the prelates and a precise locus, the cathedral, in an attempt to reassert the traditional role of Christ Church as the archiepiscopal church at a time when this role was under threat. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Reference: | Errata "Gervase of Canterbury, Christ Church and the Archbishops – Corrigendum (2009)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046909008902 |