Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and index.
Contents
In bishops we honor or deny the Lord -- Ad locum sanctum, ad stipendia fratrum : the bishop and his cathedral -- If the count should send a bishop : lay authority and the bishops of Aquitaine -- Episcopal authority at religious communities -- Episcopal foundation, restoration, and reform of religious houses -- Aiding the servants of faith : bishops and donations to religious houses -- Ideals of episcopal power in tenth-century Aquitaine.