Bonds of Wool: The Pallium and Papal Power in the Middle Ages

561 Pages·2016·3.921 MB·English

by  Steven A. Schoenig SJ

Bonds of Wool
Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law
Kenneth Pennington, General Editor
Editorial Advisory Board
Uta-Renate Blumenthal, The Catholic University of America
Giles Constable, Institute for Advanced Study
Richard Helmholz, University of Chicago
John E. Lynch, The Catholic University of America
Robert Somerville, Columbia University
Brian Tierney, Cornell University
Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law
VOLUME 15
Bonds of Wool
The Pallium and Papal Power in
the Middle Ages
Steven A. Schoenig, SJ
The Catholic University of America Press
Washington, D.C.
Copyright © 2016
The Catholic University of America Press
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ISBN 978-0-8132-2922-5
in honorem magistri Roberti Somerville,
in gratam memoriam Rogerii Reynolds,
et ad maiorem Dei gloriam

Contents
List of Illustrations viii
Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Introduction 1
Part 1: Weaving the Pattern (741–882) 21
1. Obtaining the Pallium 27
2. Bestowing the Pallium 73
3. Using the Pallium 117
4. Interpreting the Pallium 151
Part 2: A Well-Worn Garment (882–1046) 179
5. Carelessness 193
6. Creativity 227
Part 3: The Reformer’s Badge (1046–1119) 275
7. A Tool of the Reform: The Ends 279
8. A Tool of the Reform: The Means 321
9. New Meanings for a New Age 363
Epilogue: The Pallium in Classical Medieval
Jurisprudence (ca.1140–ca. 1271) 397
1. Decretum and Decretists 401
2. Decretals and Decretalists 440
Conclusion 483
Selected Bibliography 489
Index of Papal Letters 517
Index of Canonical Works 522
General Index 525
Illustrations
Figure 1. Sees of Western Palligers 2
Figure 2. The Development of the Pallium 3
Figure 3. A Bishop Being Vested with the Pallium 22
Figure 4. Heribert of Cologne Receives the Pallium 181
Figure 5. Emperor Henry V and Pope Paschal II 276
Figure 6. An Emperor and an Archbishop 398
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Acknowledgments
First and foremost I offer my deepest thanks to Robert Somerville
for the meticulous care, patience, wisdom, and good humor shown
to me during the research and writing of this book. I also wish to
thank Susan Boynton, Euan Cameron, Adam Kosto, and the much
missed Roger Reynolds, who encouraged this project from its incep-
tion. I have not been able to do justice to all their helpful sugges-
tions, but the book is better for their involvement.
During my research I was moved by the ready generosity with
which scholars around the world responded to my pleas and pro-
vided advice and information. I gratefully acknowledge the useful
assistance of Greta Austin, Bruce Brasington, Martin Brett, Giles
Constable, Bernard D’Alteroche, Louis Hamilton, Klaus Herbers,
Eric Knibbs, Maureen Miller, Jörg Müller, Przemysław Nowak, Jane
Rosenthal, Herbert Schneider, Neslihan Senocak, Anders Winroth,
and Thomas Zotz. More recently I have enjoyed fruitful conversa-
tions with scholars who have been equally helpful: Courtney Book-
er, Carolyn Carty, Celia Chazelle, James Ginther, Wilfried Hartmann,
John Osborne, Kriston Rennie, Joanna Story, and Francesca Tinti.
All of them have my respect and my thanks.
Through their unstinting support, Philip Gavitt, Thomas Mad-
den, and the rest of the faculty and staff in the Department of His-
tory and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint
Louis University showed humbling confidence in me and reassured
me that the whole effort was worthwhile. I am privileged to be their
colleague. Daniel Webb rendered valuable assistance with indexing
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