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This was happening during the Hundred Years War and the Great Schism, and
Brittany was divided between English and French claimants (although what the
status of that dispute was in the 1380s, I'm not sure). It seems to me that
this might have originated with the English refusing to recognize a
French-appointed (or Avignon-provided) candidate to the see when it fell
vacant, and thereby asserting that they could appoint an English candidate
to the see. Perhaps Bottisham attempted to exercise authority there, was
rejected by the cathedral chapter, and then simply returned to England when
he couldn't make any headway, but continued to style himself as bishop of
Nantes.
Andrew E. Larsen
On 3/14/08 2:34 PM, "John Briggs" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Andr é-Yves BOURGES wrote:
>>
>> It seems very strange to me : the episcopal see of Nantes was really
>> important at that time and its bishops are quite well-known ; no
>> episcopal list mentions the name of Bottisham. Simon de Langres has
>> been bishop de Nantes from 1366 until 1382 (de jure) and 1384 (de
>> facto) ; Jean de Montrelais bishop de Nantes from 1382 (de jure) and
>> 1384 (de facto) until his death in 1391.
>
> Was "Nanatensis" (for that seems to be the word in question) ever used as
> the Latin form of "Nantes"? (Rather than "Namnetum" or "Namnetica"?)
>
> John Briggs
>
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