L'action des légats. Le cas Amat d’Oloron (vers 1073-1101)
2013; PERSEE Program; Volume: 48; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3406/cafan.2013.2171
ISSN0575-061X
Autores Tópico(s)Medieval and Early Modern Justice
ResumoThe action of the legates. The case of Amat of Oloron (circa 1073-1101). Amat, Bishop of Oloron, was one of the legates nominated by Gregory VII to reform the Church. He became legate again under Urban II, and was elected in 1089 as Archbishop of Bordeaux. Recent regional studies have given us a better understanding of the vast and diverse territory, from Catalonia to Brittany, in which Amat was active. Although details about his life remain obscure before 1073, it seems likely that he passed through Cluny as a monk, and we can be fairly certain of the role of Gerald of Ostia as his mentor. Amat’s activity reached its height in 1079-1083. The majority of his reforming activities took place within the archdiocese of Bordeaux and the dioceses of Poitiers and Saintes. His missions undertaken in Brittany and in the city of Tours reveal the fragility of the papal legate status when faced with the power of kings and being disowned by the Pope. Conversely, within his diocese of Oloron, Amat relentlessly led a brutal policy of expansion with the overt support of Centule V, Viscount of Béarn, to the detriment of the Bishop of Dax. A contradiction of this kind calls for a reexamination of the particular characteristics of the southern region of Gascony. Rather than seeing this as one man’s duplicity, a closer reading of the sources shows Amat’s actions to be a pragmatic extension of pontifical strategy, focused on strengthening the local networks through which he carried out his reforming policies.
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