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Gerard of Florennes

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47:, preserve a summary of orthodox Christian doctrine of the early eleventh century, as well contemporary peace-making practices. According to this text's author, the heretics were convinced by Gerard's explanation of orthodoxy, renounced their heresy, and were reconciled with the church. 187:, a former nunnery converted into a male monastery in 1024. Its abbot, Leduin, was a close ally of Gerard's in the campaign for monastic reform in the diocese. Leduin possessed a manuscript, used by Gerard, containing 138:, "that there were distinctions between men, an essential inequality which could be compensated only by charity, mercy and mutual service" within the framework of divinely ordained natural law. 165:, for simply releasing suspected heretics after they had made an orthodox declaration of faith, and for allowing somebody excommunicated in Cambrai to be buried in consecrated ground in Liège. 495: 421:
Steven Vanderputten and Diane J. Reilly, "Reconciliation and Record Keeping: Heresy, Secular Dissent and the Exercise of Episcopal Authority in Eleventh-Century Cambrai",
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David C. Van Meter, "The Peace of Amiens-Corbie and Gerard of Cambrai's oration of the three functional orders: the date, the context, the rhetoric",
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Gerardus Cameracensis. Acta Synodi Atrebatensis, Vita Autberti, Vita Gaugerici; Varia scripta ex officina Gerardi exstantia
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In 1015, Gerard transferred the abbey of Florennes to the church of Liège. drawing together a community of monks from
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Art of Reform in Eleventh-Century Flanders: Gerard of Cambrai, Richard of Saint-Vanne and the Saint-Vaast Bible
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Gerard was the earliest known theorist to provide a justification of the division of European society into "
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He was named by the Emperor, 10 February 1012, and consecrated at Reims 27 April (Erik van Mingroot, ed.
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Geoffrey G. Koziol (1987), "Monks, Feuds, and the Making of Peace in Eleventh-Century Flanders,"
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The abbey church was consecrated in 1026. The early history of the abbey is known via the
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Arnold, Benjamin. "German Bishops and their Military Retinues in the Medieval Empire".
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on his father's estate at Florennes, with Richard as its first abbot.
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Quoted in Rodney Bruce Hall, "Moral Authority as a Power Resource"
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Les chartes de Gérard Ier, Liébert et Gérard II, évêques de Cambrai
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in 1024 he introduced the Peace into Flanders at the urging of
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of the tenth century, and a supporter of the monastic reformer
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Gerard was apparently a member of the high nobility of the
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Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie Ecclésiastiques
120:killing Lambert and forcing Reginar to make peace. 319:Space Between Words: the origins of silent reading 145:, Gerard was a voice in the implementation of the 271:, Studies in the history of Christian traditions 54:. He was the second son of Arnold, seigneur of 472:Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaevalis 8: 496:11th-century French Roman Catholic bishops 474:270), Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2014 ( 244:, ed. Bethmann in MGH Scriptores VII, 490. 339:The Three Orders: Feudal Society Imagined 70:. His mother was Ermentrude, daughter of 39:heretics, who denied the efficacy of the 89:. Between 1002 and 1010, while he was a 368:Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire 219: 87:Richard of Verdun, abbot of Saint-Vanne 19:(ca 975, bishop 1012 – 14 March 1051), 442:"Gérard I" in Erik van Mingroot, ed., 175:In 1023–25, Gerard was working on his 172:was reconsecrated on 18 October 1030. 62:, who was the son of a Count Godfrey, 7: 466:S. Vanderputten. D.J. Reilly (ed.), 291:, vol. 1 (Maredsous, 1897), pp. 5-6. 104:At Florennes, on 12 September 1015, 170:cathedral of Notre-Dame de Cambrai 106:Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine 43:. The records of this synod, the 14: 68:Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine 405:Biographie Nationale de Belgique 27:, had formerly been chaplain to 357:, 4 (1997): 591–622, at p. 598. 241:Gesta episcoporum Cameracensium 141:In addition to his role in the 373:(1996:633-57), esp. pp 644-57. 149:movement to limit warfare. At 112:, brother-in-law of Otto, and 77:He was a student of the great 1: 511:11th-century writers in Latin 99:Abbey of St John the Baptist 29:Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor 424:Journal of Medieval History 168:During his episcopacy, the 72:Count Godfrey "the captive" 527: 412:(Brussels, 1905), 855-861. 352:International Organization 341:(1980), part 1, chapter 2. 110:Lambert I, Count of Leuven 446:20 (Paris: 1984), 742–51. 321:2000, p 192, and note 78. 306:Florennes (Municipality) 161:, recently appointed as 45:Acta Synodi Atrebatensis 143:Investiture Controversy 384:Historical Reflections 147:Peace and Truce of God 258:142, cols. 1269–1312. 302:Miracula S. Gengulfi 201:De malorum concordia 456:, 2 (1989): 161–83. 79:Gerbert of Aurillac 17:Gerard of Florennes 430::4 (2011), 343–57. 195:and extracts from 480:978-2-503-55255-2 335:Arthur Goldhammer 255:Patrologia Latina 197:Taius of Zaragoza 193:Regula pastoralis 189:Gregory the Great 21:bishop of Cambrai 518: 431: 419: 413: 397: 391: 380: 374: 364: 358: 348: 342: 328: 322: 315: 309: 298: 292: 289:Monasticon Belge 282: 276: 265: 259: 251: 245: 237: 231: 224: 155:Count Baldwin IV 64:count of Hainaut 33:Robert the Pious 526: 525: 521: 520: 519: 517: 516: 515: 486: 485: 463: 439: 437:Further reading 434: 420: 416: 400:Godefroid Kurth 398: 394: 381: 377: 365: 361: 349: 345: 329: 325: 316: 312: 299: 295: 285:Ursmer Berlière 283: 279: 266: 262: 252: 248: 238: 234: 225: 221: 217: 163:bishop of Liège 97:he founded the 60:county of Namur 12: 11: 5: 524: 522: 514: 513: 508: 503: 498: 488: 487: 484: 483: 462: 459: 458: 457: 451:German History 447: 438: 435: 433: 432: 414: 402:, "Réginard", 392: 375: 359: 343: 323: 317:Paul Saenger, 310: 293: 277: 275:(Leiden) 2006. 267:Diane Reilly, 260: 246: 232: 218: 216: 213: 209:De paenitentia 177:Vita Gaugerici 81:, the leading 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 523: 512: 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 497: 494: 493: 491: 481: 477: 473: 469: 465: 464: 460: 455: 452: 448: 445: 441: 440: 436: 429: 426: 425: 418: 415: 411: 407: 406: 401: 396: 393: 389: 385: 379: 376: 372: 369: 363: 360: 356: 353: 347: 344: 340: 336: 332: 327: 324: 320: 314: 311: 307: 303: 297: 294: 290: 286: 281: 278: 274: 270: 264: 261: 257: 256: 250: 247: 243: 242: 236: 233: 229: 223: 220: 214: 212: 210: 206: 202: 198: 194: 190: 186: 182: 178: 173: 171: 166: 164: 160: 156: 152: 148: 144: 139: 137: 133: 132:three estates 128: 126: 121: 119: 115: 111: 107: 102: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 75: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 52:Low Countries 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 22: 18: 471: 467: 453: 450: 443: 427: 422: 417: 403: 395: 387: 383: 378: 370: 367: 362: 354: 351: 346: 338: 331:Georges Duby 326: 318: 313: 301: 296: 288: 280: 272: 268: 263: 253: 249: 239: 235: 230:2005, p. 2.) 227: 222: 208: 200: 192: 179:, a life of 176: 174: 167: 140: 136:Georges Duby 129: 122: 103: 76: 66:, possibly 49: 44: 24: 16: 15: 506:1051 deaths 501:970s births 185:Marchiennes 116:, count of 490:Categories 205:Bachiarius 181:Gaugericus 114:Reginar IV 83:theologian 37:Gundulfian 56:Florennes 41:Eucharist 461:Editions 159:Reginard 25:Gerard I 410:vol. 18 337:, tr.) 58:in the 478:  203:, and 125:Verdun 215:Notes 151:Douai 95:Reims 91:canon 476:ISBN 118:Mons 470:(= 333:, ( 273:128 199:'s 191:'s 93:at 23:as 492:: 428:37 408:, 388:14 386:, 371:74 355:51 308:). 287:, 211:. 207:' 74:. 482:) 454:7

Index

bishop of Cambrai
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Robert the Pious
Gundulfian
Eucharist
Low Countries
Florennes
county of Namur
count of Hainaut
Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Count Godfrey "the captive"
Gerbert of Aurillac
theologian
Richard of Verdun, abbot of Saint-Vanne
canon
Reims
Abbey of St John the Baptist
Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Lambert I, Count of Leuven
Reginar IV
Mons
Verdun
three estates
Georges Duby
Investiture Controversy
Peace and Truce of God
Douai
Count Baldwin IV
Reginard
bishop of Liège

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