Author
Elizabeth Dachowski
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Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Published
March 2014
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Author
Elizabeth Dachowski
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Paperback
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Published
March 2014
£32.77
Free UK Delivery
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First Among Abbots
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Abbo of Fleury was a prominent churchman of late tenth-century France--abbot of a major monastery, leader in the revival of learning in France and England, and the subject of a serious work of hagiography. Elizabeth Dachowski's study presents a coherent picture of this multifaceted man with an emphasis on his political alliances and the political considerations that colored his earliest biographical treatment. Unlike previous studies, Dachowski's book examines the entire career of Abbo, not just his role as abbot of Fleury. When viewed as a whole, Abbo's life demonstrates his devotion to the cause of pressing for monastic prerogatives in a climate of political change.
Abbo's career vividly illustrates how the early Capetian kings and the French monastic communities began the symbiotic relationship that replaced the earlier Carolingian models. Despite a stormy beginning, Abbo had, by the time of his death, developed a mutually beneficial working relationship with the Capetian kings and had used papal prerogatives to give the abbey of Fleury a preeminent place among reformed monasteries of northern France. Thus, the monks of Fleury had strong incentives for portraying the early years of Abbo's abbacy as relatively free from conflict with the monarchy.
Previous lives of Abbo have largely followed the view put forward by his first biographer, Aimoinus of Fleury, who wrote the Vita sancti Abbonis within a decade of Abbo's death. While Aimoinus clearly understood Abbo's goals and the importance of his accomplishment, he also had several other agendas, including a glossing over of earlier and later conflicts at Fleury and validation of an even closer (and more subservient) relationship with the Capetian monarchs under Abbo's successor, Gaulzin of Fleury. Abbo's achievements set the stage for the continuing prosperity and influence of Fleury but at the expense of Fleury's independence from the monarchy. With Abbo's death, the monastery's relationship with the French crown grew even closer, though Fleury continued to maintain its independence from the episcopacy.
Author
Elizabeth Dachowski
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Published
March 2014
Weight
373g
Page Count
316
Dimensions
148 x 218 x 19 mm
ISBN
9780813226170
ISBN-10
0813226171
Eden Code
4286310
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Author/Creator: Elizabeth Dachowski
ISBN: 9780813226170
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
Release Date: March 2014
Weight: 373g
Dimensions: 148 x 218 x 19 mm
Eden Code: 4286310