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Monastic Revival and Regional Identity in title: Early Normandy Studies in the History of Medieval Religion ; V. 11 author: Potts, Cassandra. publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd. isbn10 | asin: 0851157025 print isbn13: 9780851157023 ebook isbn13: 9780585177632 language: English Monasticism and religious orders--France-- subject Normandy--History--Middle Ages, 600- 1500, Normandy (France)--Church history. publication date: 1997 lcc: BX2613.P68 1997eb ddc: 271/.00944/20902 Monasticism and religious orders--France-- subject: Normandy--History--Middle Ages, 600- 1500, Normandy (France)--Church history. Page i Monastic Revival and Regional Identity in Early Normandy Studies in the History of Medieval Religion VOLUME XI The rulers of Normandy performed a complex juggling act: starting from a pagan Norse military power base round Rouen, they built an accepted political entity within the boundaries of the Christian state their ancestors had invaded. Successfully reconciling Viking, Frankish and Breton elements within their realm, the Norman rulers made 'one people out of the various races', in the words of one eleventh-century writer. As part of that effort, they revived and reformed monasteries in the region, enlisting the aid of prestigious abbots from reform centres beyond Normandy. By the early eleventh century there was a consciousness within the region that a new people as well as a new principality had taken shape over the course of the past century. In this process of state-building and ethnogenesis, the revival and reform of monasticism played a crucial role. This book evaluates the relationship between Norman lords and monastic communities and demonstrates how that relationship contributed to the political and social evolution of the duchy. Through this regional focus, Monastic Revival and Regional Identity in Early Normandy adds to our understanding of the part monasticism played in tenth-and eleventh-century society, and, more broadly, in the formation of political and cultural entities in medieval Europe. The conclusions presented here are based on an analysis of published sources as well as over two hundred unpublished charters located in Norman archives and libraries. Dr C P teaches at Middlebury College, Vermont. ASSANDRA OTTS Page ii Studies in the History of Medieval Religion ISSN 0955-2480 General Editor Christopher Harper-Bill I Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales 10661216 Alison Binns II The Early Charters of the Augustinian Canons of Waltham Abbey, Essex, 10621230 Edited by Rosalind Ransford III Religious Belief and Ecclesiastical Careers in Late Medieval England Edited by Christopher Harper-Bill IV The Rule of the Templars: the French Text of the Rule of the Order of the Knights Templar Translated and introduced by J. M. Upton-Ward V The Collegiate Church of Wimborne Minster Patricia H. Coulstock VI William Waynflete: Bishop and Educationalist Virginia Davis VII Medieval Ecclesiastical Studies in honour of Dorothy M. Owen Edited by M. J. Franklin and Christopher Harper-Bill VIII A Brotherhood of Canons Serving God: English Secular Cathedrals in the Later Middle Ages David Lepine IX Westminster Abbey and its People c.10501216 Emma Mason X Gilds in the Medieval Countryside: Social and Religious Change in Cambridgeshire c.13501558 Virginia R. Bainbridge Page iii Monastic Revival and Regional Identity in Early Normandy Cassandra Potts THE BOYDELL PRESS Page iv © Cassandra Potts 1997 All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner First published 1997 The Boydell Press, Woodbridge ISBN 0 85115 702 5 The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Potts, Cassandra, 1958 Monastic revival and regional identity in early Normandy / Cassandra Potts. p. cm. (Studies in the history of medieval religion, ISSN 0955-2480 ; v. 11) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-85115-702-5 (alk. paper) 1. Monasticism and religious orders France Normandy History. 2. Normandy (France) - Church history. I. Title. II. Series. BX2613.P68 1997 271'.00944'20902 - dc21 97-12256 This publication is printed on acid-free paper Printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Page v Contents Abbreviations vii Preface ix Maps xii 1 1 Origins and Evidence 2 13 Monasticism and the Norman Rulers 3 36 Local Ties: Monastic Lands and Lay Communities 4 62 Wider Horizons: Monasticism beyond Upper Normandy 5 81 Resisting the Tide at Mont-Saint-Michel 6 105 Private Monasteries and their Patrons 7 133 Conclusion Appendix: The New Numbering System for the Fécamp 139 Charters at the Musée Bénédictine in Fécamp Bibliography 141 Index 165
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