The chronicle of Hugh of Flavigny
Subtitle: reform and the investiture contest in the late-eleventh century
By: Patrick Healy.
Series: Church, faith, and culture in the Medieval West
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Hugh, of Flavigny, b. ca. 1064.; Investiture.; Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; France -- Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Abbey of St-Vanne, Verdun, from its foundation until 1085; title: The life and career of Hugh of Flavigny; title: The manuscript of the Chronicon and its transmission; title: Sources of the Chronicon; title: Kingship and tyranny in the Chronicon; title: Lay investiture and simony: auctoritas and consuetudo; title: Reforming attitudes to ecclesiastical promotion; title: Conclusion: the Chronicon as polemic.