Degree Year
2019
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Advisor(s)
Ellen Wurtzel
Committee Member(s)
Renee Christine Romano, Chair
Christopher Stolarski
Matthew R. Bahar
Keywords
Papacy, Catholic Church, Catholicism, France, Medieval
Abstract
This thesis examines the deposition of French bishops from office during the pontificate of Gregory VII (1073-1085). By comparing the various cases of deposition, I analyze how the ideologies of papal supremacy which were then being developed in Rome were actually put into practice by the Gregorian reformers. Based on this analysis, I conclude that the establishment of Roman supremacy in France, although revolutionary in character, was achieved through the manipulation of existing ecclesiastical institutions and through an alliance between the papacy and a variety of low-level church officials.
Repository Citation
Schechtman-Marko, John, "Harrowing the Church: Gregory VII, Manasses of Reims, and the Eleventh-Century Ecclesiastical Revolution in France" (2019). Honors Papers. 136.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/136
