Proprietary churches, episcopal authority and social relationships in the diocese of León (eleventh-twelfth centuries)

This article analyzes the subordination of proprietary churches to the bishopric of León in the eleventh and twelfth centuries from a social perspective that considers the consolidation of episcopal authority in relation to the social dynamics operating at the local level. The transfer of proprietar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Pérez, Mariel Verónica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/77287
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/77287
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Diocese of LeÓN
Episcopal Authority
Gregorian Reform
Kingdom of LeÓN
Proprietary Churches
Social Relationships
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Sumario:This article analyzes the subordination of proprietary churches to the bishopric of León in the eleventh and twelfth centuries from a social perspective that considers the consolidation of episcopal authority in relation to the social dynamics operating at the local level. The transfer of proprietary churches to ecclesiastical authority was usually accomplished through donations that were part of a wider process of gift-giving and social bonding that in turn allowed the proprietors to obtain certain concessions. However, from the mid-eleventh century the emergence of a newly defined episcopal authority, in the context of the Gregorian Reform, gave new meaning to these practices and gave way to more coercive modalities of episcopal imposition over proprietary churches.