medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marjorie Greene schrieb:
> It does make me wonder now what, if any, procedures were in place in
> the MA to keep people from getting into fights.
>
if so, not always successfully. In 1207 the archbishop asked the pope
whether there was a way to avoid the new consecration (reconsecratio) of
the church (every time, it is tempting to add) when pilgrims struggling
to spend the night near the altar killed or wounded each other. The pope
granted that a simpler reconciliatio was sufficient in such cases (the
letter was included in the Liber Extra, X 3. 40. 4).
best, h.w.
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