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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture At best you ask Barbara Rosenwein at Loyola Univ., Chicago! yours b.k. Am Donnerstag, 09.01.03 um 21:52 Uhr schrieb John B. Wickstrom: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > Dear Colleagues, a student came up with a question today that I had > never thought of and don't know the answer to: Cluny was freed by its > original charter from Duke William of all obligations to lay authority > or lordship. Yet one may assume (no?) that some of the lands that > Cluniac monasteries acquired housed knights with military obligations > to their lords. How were these obligations carried out if Cluny had > lordship of such properties? That is, were these knights obliged to > give knight service to Cluny, or did they somehow bypass the abbey to > serve some other parallel or higher lord? An enquiring student mind > wants to know, and so do I. > thanks, > jw > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html