medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear June,
In my experience this is pretty typical, since visitors and teams of judge delegates were often appointed by bishops or popes to perform inquests and reform unexempt/exempt religious houses. These individuals were often experienced judges delegates who were known reformers or trained in canon law or were members of religious orders considered to have excellent reputations for rigorousness and mechanisms for self-reform (e.g. the Cistercians or the mendicant orders).
I've been reading quite a bit about the implementation of general chapters for non-exempt Benedictine houses and canons regular pre- and post- Fourth Lateran, which called for the appointment of visitors and suggested the use of Cistercian abbots to guide monastic prelates in the running of general chapters, the appointment of visitors and the formulation and enforcement of disciplinary legislation. Bishops were also to take a highly active role in this process.
I hope that this helps and can dig out references to specific articles if you like.
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