medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> On Wednesday, July 19, 2006, at 9:52 am, christopher crockett wrote:
>
>> of course, in France we don't have that peculiar institution of a
>> "monastic"cathedral chapter.
> Interesting. At several locations in their newly acquired south Italian and
Sicilian domains the early Hautevilles Robert Guiscard and Roger I arranged
for monastic cathedral chapters run by Cluniac Benedictines of the Cavensian
community. The instances that come to mind right away are Venosa in the duchy
of Apulia (where Guiscard intended the cathedral to be his family's burial
church), Mileto (Roger I's capital in Calabria), and Catania.
> I wonder where they got the idea to do this?
obviously an instance of the Contamination of a Conquering Folk by their
Conquered Subjects.
sometimes happens.
the hapless Normans were probably grasping for any Straw in any Port in the
Storm, trying to impose some sort of Order on the Shifless Siclians.
in any event, at this period, "Normandy" isn't really part of "France".
not until August Phil whooped that Lackland John's tookus and got it back.
c
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