CAPITULARIES

kəpĭchˈoolĕrˌēz, decrees and written commands of the Carolingian kings of the Franks, so called because they were divided into capitula, or chapters. Both legislative and administrative, they were the chief written instrument of royal authority. The ordinances were issued either by the king alone or by the king and his counselors. They also served to amend or extend the Germanic laws as they applied to the entire Carolingian empire. Several capitularies—such as the exemplary De villis—dealt with the administration of the royal domains; others dealt with the church. Most important were the king's instructions sent to the missi dominici, his emissaries in the provinces. These contained instructions for the administration of the empire and instituted far-reaching reforms. Capitularies issued in the late Carolingian period are collected in the Monumenta Germaniae historica. The term capitularies is applied also to similar documents in other fields.

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The Spirit of Laws
Book by Charles De Secondat, Baron De Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau; Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 1952
Subjects: Jurisprudence, Law--Philosophy, Political Science, State, The
...these assemblies are what we call the Capitularies. Hence four things ensued: the feudal...race, we find no more mention made of Capitularies. 10. The same Subject continued. Several capitularies were added to the law of the Lombards...
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The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, 751-987
Book by Rosamond McKitterick; Longman, 1983
Subjects: Carolingians, France--History--To 987, Franks--History
...two preceding chapters to the capitularies and the evidence they provide...the economy and so on. The Capitulary of Herstal, for example, set...reorganization of the missatica system. Capitularies were issued concerning the administration...
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Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the End of the Carolingian Empire
Book by Simon Maclean; Cambridge University Press, 2003
Subjects: Charles, Le Grand, 1543-1608, France--History--To 987, France--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Holy Roman Empire--History--843-1273
...Frankish kings did issue capitularies which have not survived...arrangement recorded in written capitularies of the early ninth century...of the early Carolingian capitularies, even if the medium of delivery...coincidence of the high point of capitulary output and the most energetic...
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The Birth of Western Economy: Economic Aspects of the Dark Ages
Book by Robert Latouche; Barnes & Noble, 1961
Subjects: Economic History--Medieval, 500-1500
...had good grounds for stating that the Capitularies still remain the finest monument left...is no good critical edition of the Capitularies, 2 many of which are still inadequately...instructions addressed to missi . Charlemagnes Capitularies are often no more than hastily composed...
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The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge - Vol. 2
Book by Samuel Macauley Jackson, Charles Colebrook Sherman, George William Gilmore; Funk and Wagnalls, 1908
Subjects: Theology--Encyclopedias
...1525 tot 1557 , Amsterdam, 1905. CAPITULARIES: A term which designates a certain...liturgical matters. The origin of the capitularies and the basis of their authority have...tribal law. In the cases in which the capitularies do not contain merely instructions...
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journal articles on: Capitularies  - 4 results

 
 
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The Eighty-eighth Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association
Journal article; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 94, 2008
Subjects: Committees, Conferences, History, Judgment Day, Meetings, Papal documents, Religion, Success, Theology
...converged with those of the Church. He also carried out the obligations imposed on him by the cardinals in the election capitularies and confronted many of the challenges facing the papacy in a time of change. But if Leo succeeded in meeting the expectations...
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Bernhard Blumenkranz, Juifs et Chretiens Dans le Monde Occidental, 430-1096
Journal article by Anna Djintcharadze; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 44, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Juifs et chretiens dans le monde occidental, 430-1096 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...first centuries of Christianity. The book reveals a breadth of historical and systematical expertise in law, council acts/capitularies, epistolary literature, and archival documents of the High Middle Ages; it therefore ranges between a strictly formal...
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The Role of Custom in Henry Hammond's of Schism and John Bramhall's a Just Vindication of the Church of England
Journal article by Mark F. M Clavier; Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 76, 2007
Subjects: Church of England, Common law, Innovations, Organizational structure, Religion, Theology
...therefore, had supreme authority over all within that realm, a point demonstrated by both the Justinian Code and the Capitularies of Charlemagne.88 The historical record in Bramhalls understanding also proved that the pope was not the supreme head of...
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On Carolingian Book Painters: the Ottoboni Gospels and Its Transfiguration Master
Journal article by Lawrence Nees; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001
Subjects: Art criticism, Art history, Illustrations, Middle Ages, Visual artists
...establishments would have envied. Eberhards will also lists books more obviously appropriate for a secular magnate: a collection of capitularies, a cosmography, a bestiary, a collection of "barbarian" laws, and Vegetiuss De re militari. Such a library might be...


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magazine articles on: Capitularies  - 2 results

 
 
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The Ideal of Unity; Russell Chamberlin Examines the Origins and Development of Europe's Persistent Vision of Unity from the Birth of the Holy Roman Empire to Its Fall
Magazine article by Russell Chamberlin; History Today, Vol. 53, November 2003
Subjects: Europe--History, Europe--Political aspects, European federation--History, European federation--Political aspects, European federation--Social aspects
...penetrated every part of his enormous realm, which ran from the Elbe to the Tiber, conveying his will in documents known as capitularies. These provide a means for historians to follow the thought processes by which he governed his expanding realm. Named after...
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A Due Diligence Nightmare
Magazine article by Marion Lee; Mortgage Banking, Vol. 61, September 2001
Subjects: Due diligence, Legislation, Predatory lending, Retail banking, Subprime lending, United States
...Since the Council of Nicea in 325 denounced it, Pope Leo the Great (440-461) declared it "shameful gain" and the Capitularies of Charlemagne (circa 8oo) defined it as "where more is asked than is given" and forbade it, predatory lending has pricked...


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encyclopedia articles on: Capitularies  - 4 results

 
 
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Capitularies
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CAPITULARIES k pich ooler ez, decrees and written...entire Carolingian empire. Several capitularies such as the exemplary De villis dealt...instituted far-reaching reforms. Capitularies issued in the late Carolingian period...
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Germanic Laws
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...applied to Roman subjects and to the church. Another type of legislation distinct from these was the Frankish capitulary (see capitularies ). Important Codes Probably the oldest Germanic codes is the Codex Euricianus by King Euric, the personal...
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Carolingians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Louis V . In the Carolingian period, a landed economy was firmly established. The kings consolidated their rule by issuing capitularies and worked closely with church officials. Until the late 9th cent., Charlemagne and his successors were generous patrons...
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Charlemagne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...predecessors. He permitted conquered peoples to retain their own laws, which he codified when possible, and he issued many capitularies (gathered in the Monumenta Germaniae historica ). A noteworthy achievement was the creation of a system by which he could...


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