medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
"A.E. (Rick) Wright" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>For a later period, see the essay on imperial bishops by Tom Brady in the
Heiko Oberman F'schrift, _Continuity and Change_; if rightly I recall, he
mentions several bishops of peasant origin.
yes, "for a later period."
there's the rub.
i just don't hardly believe that a *real* peasant could even get himself
accepted as a brother in a Frankish-Early Capetian monastery, much less rise
to be an abbot, much less be "elected" bishop of a reasonably important
diocese (or even an unimportant one).
no reason for thinking that --just my stubborn, ingrained Marxism (or, at
least, Harpoism), and my gut feeling about how Things Worked.
of course, the question is somewhat begged: if Lubin was seen, in the 13th c.,
to have been of "peasant" origins, it must have been possible for a shepherd
to become bishop?
or, maybe, that was his first miracle....
thanks, rick.
christopher
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