Noble Lord, Good Shepherd

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Noble Lord, Good Shepherd is written by Anna Trumbore Jones and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9047443713 (ISBN 10) and 9789047443711 (ISBN 13).

The bishop was a figure of unparalleled importance in the tenth and eleventh centuries, as he married the advantages of his noble birth to the sacramental and pastoral role of bishop, drawing upon the resultant range of powers to intervene in all areas of life. Scholarship on the episcopate in this period, however, has tended to cluster around two themes: the role of bishops in the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and the critiques of these bishops levied by certain church reformers. This book moves beyond these subjects and examines the full scope of bishops’ activities in southwest France, as they ruled their cathedrals, interacted with lay powers, patronized religious communities, and wrestled with the complex nature of their office.