LEADER 04156oam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910787521203321 005 20231019183201.0 010 $a0-8122-0126-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201260 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418354 035 $a(OCoLC)859161737 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748823 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001053288 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11635197 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001053288 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11115270 035 $a(PQKB)11048156 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26720 035 $a(DE-B1597)448981 035 $a(OCoLC)979744232 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201260 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442237 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748823 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682333 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442237 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418354 100 $a20040107d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDay of reckoning $epower and accountability in medieval France /$fRobert F. Berkhofer III 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (277 pages) 225 0 $aThe Middle Ages series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-51051-2 311 0 $a0-8122-3796-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. A Fragmentary Past? Monastic History, Memory, and Patrimony --$t2. Written Comprehension of Land and Signs of an Administrative Mentality --$t3. Ministering and Administering: Abbots as Catalysts of Change --$t4. Discipline and Service Inside and Outside the Cloister --$tConclusion: Accountability, Writing, and Rule by 1200 --$tAppendix A: The Cartularies of Saint-Bertin --$tAppendix B: The Cartulary of Three Crosses --$tAppendix D: Abbatial and Monastic Acts: Saint-Vaast, Saint-Bertin, and Saint-Denis --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aDay of Reckoning: Power and Accountability in Medieval France applies recent approaches to literacy, legal studies, memory, ritual, and the manorial economy to reexamine the transformation of medieval power. Highlighting the relationship of archives and power, it draws on the rich documentary sources of five of the largest Benedictine monasteries in northern France and Flanders, with comparisons to others, over a period of nearly four centuries. The book opens up new perspectives on important problems of power, in particular the idea and practice of accountability. In a violent society, medieval lords tried to delegate power rather than share it-to get their men to prosecute justice or raise money legitimately, rather than through extortion and pillage. Robert F. Berkhofer III explains how subordinates were held accountable by abbots administering the extensive holdings of Saint-Bertin, Saint-Denis, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Saint-Père-de-Chartres, and Saint-Vaast-d'Arras. As the abbots began to discipline their agents and monitor their conduct, the "day of reckoning" took on new meaning, as customary meeting days were used to hold agents accountable. By 1200, written and unwritten techniques of rule developed in the monasteries had moved into the secular world; in these practices lay the origins of administration, bureaucratic power, and governance, all hallmarks of the modern state. 606 $aBenedictine monasteries$zFrance$xHistory$vSources 607 $aFrance$xHistory$yMedieval period, 987-1515$vSources 607 $aFrance$xChurch history$y987-1515$vSources 607 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y987-1328$vSources 607 $aFrance$xSocial conditions$y987-1515$vSources 615 0$aBenedictine monasteries$xHistory 676 $a944/.02 700 $aBerkhofer$b Robert F.$cIII,$f1966-$01480450 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787521203321 996 $aDay of reckoning$93697104 997 $aUNINA