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> complete text of the charter,
which says that Adela had asked Ivo to protect the liberty of her
foundation with his (threat of) excommunication against offenders. He
declares to do so, and describes the perfectly typical consequences of
excommunication, which such offenders have to expect if they do not make
amends in time
"just a rather straightforward, shameless and thus perfectly typical
exploitation of the pathetic Sheeples’ terrible Fear by a member of the
Hierarchy of Holy Mother Church" - by a pious woman, who probably
considered people plundering her church rather as wolves than sheep
(unless she did so herself to others' churches, of course) and sought
the bishop's help.
best, Herwig
> from the PL 162.289 (after Jean Bernier,
> Histoire de Blois [Paris: Muguet, 1632]), p. 8 Preuves, p. viii, “ex archivo
> monasterii Burgimedii”
> http://books.google.com/books?id=pRhDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false) :
>
> Ego Ivo, Dei gratia Carnotensis episcopus, notum esse volo cunctis Ecclesiae
> fidelibus, tam praesentibus quam futuris, quia Adela comitissa, Stephani
> comitis uxor, divini amoris igne succensa, augmentandae religionis desiderio
> inflammata, humilitatem nostram humiliter adiit petens ut libertatem ecclesiae
> Sanctae Mariae de Burgomedio, ejus canonicorum et aliorum clericorum eidem
> ecclesiae famulantium, nec non eorum servientium, ab Odone comite et Bertha
> uxore ejus olim factam per antiquitatem aliquantulum imminutam, sed per eam
> diligentissime [Col.0289D] reformatam, auctoritate nostrae excommunicationis
> confirmaremus. Nos itaque justae petitioni, justisque desideriis assensum
> praebentes cum grege nobis commisso, violatores ejus libertatis
> excommunicamus, et a liminibus sanctae dictae ecclesiae sequestramus, tam eos,
> quam eorum ad praedictam libertatem infringendam fautores. In infirmitate a
> presbyteris non visitentur, in hora mortis, corpus et sanguinem Christi non
> suscipiant, in coemeterio Christianorum non sepeliantur, aeternas gehennae
> flammas incurrant, nisi resipientes ad emendationem et satisfactionem
> [Col.0290C] confugerint, et, ut hoc per succedentis tempora firmatum et
> stabile permaneat, hanc chartam manu propria firmavimus, et manibus
> praelatorum Ecclesiae nostrae firmandam tradidimus. Signum Ivonis episcopi.
> Signum Arnaldi decani. Signum Helduini cantoris. Signum Wilelmi archidiaconi.
> Signum Serani subdecani. Signum Warini subcantoris. Signum Anselmi
> Cantuariensis archiepiscopi. Signum Fulconis archidiaconi. Signum Arlonis
> archidiaconi. Signum Odonis archidiaconi. Signum Andreae archidiaconi.
> [Col.0290D] Signum Hugonis praepositi. Signum Gerosii camerarii. Data
> Carnotis, octavo Kalendas Julii, anno ab Incarnatione Domini 1105, indictione
> XIII, regnante Philippo rege Francorum, anno regni ipsius XLVI.
>
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