Abstract
Between 1169 and 1173 Alexander III sent Alexander, abbot of
Cîteaux, and all the other abbots of the order three general privileges Attendentes
quomodo. These privileges, similar, but not identical to one another, were an
absolute innovation for the order and allowed the Cistercians to derogate to
normal practice the correction or dismissal of abbots which cannon law granted to
the local bishop or, in appeal, to the metropolitan, or to a synod of bishops or to
the Roman Church itself. Neither Walter Holzmann in his accurate census of the
decretals, nor Chrysogonus Waddell, who analysed the Cistercian papal documentation
in relation to manuscript traditio noticed the existence of the three documents
in some way different and independent, but they were satisfied, despite the
different dates, with tracing all the copies preserved of the Attendentes quomodo to
the privilege of 4 July 1169, catalogued as JL 11632. Actually the three versions of
the papal document for centuries took parallel paths. While version 2 entered
legitimately in the official bullaria of the order, version 1 (15 January 1169), similar
in contents to version 3 (16 January 1173), left its indelible traces in canon law and
assumed validity for all religious life. Thus the transmission of documents of
considerable importance has proven to be intricate and took unexpected and
undesired paths, even for an order such as the Cistercians which tried with
difficulty to make unanimitas one of the best instruments for its development.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 631-647 |
Numero di pagine | 17 |
Rivista | Studi Medievali |
Volume | LVII |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2016 |
Keywords
- Cannon Law
- Cistercensi
- Cistercian
- Diritto Canonico
- Medioevo
- Middle Ages
- Monachesimo
- Monasticism