Reformer und Vermittler: Bischofliche Gruppenbildungen und Vernetzungen im burgundischen Raum 1032-1156

This study examines the group formations and networks of bishops between 1032 and 1156 in the Burgundian region, which stretched from the Vosges over the Western Alps to the Mediterranean. At that time, the Burgundian bishoprics provided some measure of stability in an area that was otherwise characterised by absent royal rulers and fragmented local authority. Especially the prelates of the ecclesiastical provinces of Besancon, Tarentaise, Vienne, and Lyon made Burgundy, through their relat...