Thirteenth Century Latin Poetry Contests Associated with Henry of Avranches with an Appendix of Newly Edited Texts

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by  Peter Binkley

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THIRTEENTH CENTURY LATIN POETRY CONTESTS
ASSOCIATED WITH HENRY OF AVRANCHES
WITH AN APPENDIX OF NEWLY EDITED TEXTS
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Tabie of Contents
Table of Abbreviations ......................................... v
The Works of Henry of Avranches ............................. viii
Concordance of Mnemonics and Russell Numbers .............. xviii
Preface ............................................................ 1
Chapter One: The Contests ......................................... 8
I Flytings: 8
1 Michael of Cornwall ..................................... 9
2 The Bordo-Siler Flyting ................................ 12
3 William of Laval Flyting ............................... 15
4 Fragments .............................................. 16
(i) Lambertus Flyting .................................. 17
(ii) Conradulus Flyting ................................ 18
5 Leonicus Theutonicus Flyting (lost) .................... 19
6 A Second Michael of Cornwall Flyting (?) (lost) ....... 19
II Courtroom contests: ...................................... 20
1 An Introductory Speech ................................. 21
2 Bourges-Bordeaux Case .................................. 22
(i) Prologue ........................................... 22
(ii) Allegatio of the Archbishop of Bourges ........... 23
3 Judgement between Henry and Peter ....................... 24
4 The Dean of Maastricht Case ............................ 24
5 The Starkenburg Case ................................... 25
6 The John Blund Case .................................... 27
7 A Peroration ........................................... 27
8 The Richard Marsh Case (lost) .......................... 27
9 A Possible Case for Henry, Bishop of Eichstatt
(lost) ................................... 28
III Academic Contests ....................................... 29
1 Generation and Corruption... ............................ 29
Chapter Two: Participants, Circumstances of Performance, and
Nature of the Flytings.................... 30
I Participants .............................................. 30
1 Henry of Avranches .................................. 30
2 Michael of Cornwall .................................... 37
3 Others .................................................. 38
II Circumstances of Performance ............................. 38
1 Place ................................................... 38
2 Judges .................................................. 39
3 Prizes .................................................. 42
4 Punishments ............................................ 43
5 Audience ................................................ 44
6 Procedure .............................................. 46
7 Recitation ............................................. 50
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8 Publication ............................................. 51
III Nature of the Flytings ................................... 52
1 Word Play ............................................... 52
2 Physical Characteristics ................................ 54
3 Birth ................................................... 55
4 Morals .................................................. 57
5 Skill ................................................... 58
6 Plagiarism .............................................. 60
Chapter Three: Poetry Contests and the Grammarian ............... 65
I Poetry Contests and the Grammar Curriculum ............... 65
II Influence of the Fes turn baculi ........................... 77
III Henry of Avranches as a Grammarian ....................... 84
Chapter Four: Influence of Canon Law .............................. 92
I Henry's Knowledge of Canon Law ............................ 92
1 Henry’s Poems Based on Canon Law Texts ................ 93
2 Legal Maxims and Citations ............................. 102
3 Legal Rhetoric ......................................... 107
II Influence of Roman-Canonical Procedure on the
Poetry Contests ......................... 115
1 General Procedure ...................................... 115
2 Procedure at the Curia ................................. 122
III Legal Entertainments for Specialist and
Non-Specialist .......................... 125
IV Conclusions: Henry as a Canon Lawyer .................... 130
Chapter Five: Historical Context ................................. 131
1 Bourges vs. Bordeaux: B81 [R68], BB2 [R128] 132
(it Before Innocent III ............................... 133
(ii) Under Innocent III ............................... 135
(iii) Under Honorius III ............................... 140
(iv) Under Gregory IX .................................. 146
2 John Blund: JB1 [R127] 156
3 Maastricht: Maa [R112] 167
4 Starkenburg: Sta [R114-117] 172
5 Conclusion ............................................. 179
Chapter Six: Manuscripts', Authorship ............................. 181
I The Manuscripts ........................................... 181
1 A‘. Cambridge, University Library, Dd.xi.78 ........... 183
2 D: London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian D.v,
fols. 151-184 ............................ 199
II Authorship of the Poetry Contests ........................ 202
1 WnL [R145] 202
2 Lmb [R90-92], Cnr [R93] 202
3 Pru [R65] 203
4 BB1 [R68] 203
5 BB2 [R128] 203
6 Maa [R112] 204
7 Sta [R114-117] ........................................ 204
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8 Cen [R158] 204
9 JBl [R127] 204
10 BoS [R129-U4] 205
11 QC [R35] 207
III Annex: Collation of the Manuscripts .................... 208
1 Contents and Collation of A ........................... 208
2 Contents and Collation of D ........................... 216
Afterword ........................................................ 217
Appendix: Texts ................................................. 220
I Editorial principles ..................................... 220
II Flytings ................................................ 222
1 William of Laval: WnL [R145] 222
2 Fragments .............................................. 225
(i) De Lmbekino Theutonico: Lwb [R90-92] ............. 225
(ii) Altercation between Conrad and an
Englishman: Cnr [R93] ................... 228
III Courtroom poems ........................................ 231
1 An introductory speech: Pru [R65] 231
2 Bourges-Bordeaux debate ............................... 233
(i) Prologue: BB1 [R68] 234
(ii) Allegatio of the Archbishop of
Bourges: BB2 [R128] ..................... 237
3 Judgement between Henry and Peter: HPe [R33] 245
4 The Dean of Maastricht: Maa [R112] 247
5 Starkenburg: Sta [R114-117] 250
6 A Peroration: Cen [R158] 257
IV Related Material ........................................ 259
1 For a Graduate in Canon Law: GCL [R109] 259
Bibliography ............................................ 261
Index of the Works of Henry of Avranches
and Michael of Cornwall.................. 288
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Table of Abbreviations
Law
fnst. Justinian, Institutes: Theodore Mommsen, Paul
Krueger, et al., eds., Corpus iuris civilis,
various editions (Berlin: Weidmann,
1895-1911), vol. 1.
Dig. Justinian, Digest: ioid., vol. 1.
Cod. Justinian, Codex: ibid., vol. 2.
Nov. Justinian, Novellae: ibid., vol. 3.
D.# c.tt Gratian, Decretun, part one (Distinction and
canon): Emil Friedberg, ed.. Corpus iuris
canonici, 2nd ed. (Leipzig: Tauchnitz,
1879-1881), vol. 1.
C.# q.# c.# Gratian, Decretun, part two (Causa, question and
canon).
De poen. D.# c.fr Gratian, De poenitentia (C.33 q.3 of the Decretum) .
De cons. D.# c.# Gratian, De consecratione (part three of the
Decretun).
a.c.ll, p.c.tt dicta Gratiani before (after) the specified canon.
X Gregory IX, Liber extra: Friedberg, ed., Corpus
iuris canonici, vol. 2.
Comp. 1-5 Gcmpilatio antiqua prima (etc.): Emil Friedberg,
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Table of Abbreviations VI
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