num_pages: 230
description: This excellent monograph demonstrates incisively how local and regional historical development must be related to national and pan-European medieval history. The social component of ecclesiastical cohort of the community of Vic, the county of Ausonia, Catalonia, as well as the lands north of the Pyrenees, is explored by and factored into Paul Freedman's carefully structured narrative and analyses. Building on the solid foundation of archival sources at Barcelona, Madrid, and Vic, standard printed primary sources, and, of course, a thorough familiarity with modern scholarship, including the extensive contributions of Spanish scholarship during the past two decades, Freedman provides a valuable addition to the body of American medieval Iberian studies.In five carefully crafted chapters, Freedman dissects the "cathedral of Vic from three perspectives: as a force in society before and during the twelfth century, as part of the political structure of the Catalan government, and as an institution in decline faced with the necessity of painful adaptation". His further major objective, he tells us, is to illustrate "the social role of the church and its responses to the power of secular authorities and to a climate of diminished opportunities"(Harry Roseberg)Contents:  Introduction : The Place of Vic in Medieval Catalonia Chapter 1 : The Heroic Era of the Church of Vic, 886-1099 Chapter 2 : The Functioning of the Chapter Chapter 3 : The Power of the Church within the City of Vic Chapter 4 : Episcopal Castles Chapter 5 : The Cathedral of Vic as Litigant Conclusion : An End to AutonomyAppendix 1: A Note on DatingAppendix 2: The Bishops of Vic, From the Restoration of the Diocese to 1233Appendix 3: The Counts of BarcelonaAppendix 4: The Legacies of Pere Berenguer de Cloquer
language: English
title: The Diocese of Vic: Tradition and Regeneration in Medieval Catalonia
titlecomplete: The Diocese of Vic: Tradition and Regeneration in Medieval Catalonia
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Rutgers University Press