| dc.contributor.advisor |
Newman , Martha G . , 1958 - |
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| dc.contributor.advisor |
Frazier , Alison Knowles |
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| dc.contributor.committeeMember |
Kamil , Neil D . |
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| dc.contributor.committeeMember |
Holladay , Joan A . |
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| dc.contributor.committeeMember |
Peers , Glenn A . |
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| dc.creator |
Kaufman , Cheryl Lynn |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2011 -07 -06T15 :51 :21Z |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2011 -08 -17T14 :37 :31Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2011 -07 -06T15 :51 :21Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2011 -08 -17T14 :37 :31Z |
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| dc.date.created |
2011 -05 |
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| dc.date.issued |
2011 -07 -06 |
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| dc.date.submitted |
May 2011 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http : / /hdl .handle .net /2152 /ETD -UT -2011 -05 -3273 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
This dissertation studies a local manifestation of ecclesiastical reform in the medieval county of Savoy : the twelfth -century transformation of secular canons into Augustinian regular canons at the church of Sts . Peter and Ursus in the alpine town of Aosta (now Italy ) . I argue that textual sources , material culture , and the practice of place together express how the newly reformed canons established their identity , shaped their material environment , and managed their relationship with the unreformed secular canons at the cathedral . The pattern of regularization in Aosta—instigated by a new bishop influenced by ideas of canonical reform—is only one among several models for implementing reform in medieval Savoy . This study asserts the importance of this medieval county as a center for reforming efforts among a regional network of churchmen , laymen , and noblemen , including the count of Savoy , Amadeus III (d . 1148 ) .
After a prologue and introduction , chapter 1 draws on traditional textual evidence to recount the history of reform in medieval Savoy . Chapters 2 through 4 focus on the twelfth -century sculpted capitals in the cloister built to accommodate the common life of the new regular canons . Several of the historiated capitals portray the biblical siblings , Martha and Mary , and Leah and Rachel , as material metaphors that reflect and reinforce the active and contemplative lives of the Augustinian canons . Other capitals represent the regular canons’ assertion of their precedence over the cathedral canons and suggest tensions between the two communities . The final chapter examines thirteenth -century conflicts over bell -ringing and ecclesiastical processions in the urban topography of Aosta to illustrate how the regular and secular canons continued to negotiate their relationship . Appendices include an English translation of a vita of St . Ursus (BHL 8453 ) . The dissertation as a whole reconstructs the places and material culture of medieval Aosta to convey the complexities of religious and institutional life during a time of reform and beyond . |
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| dc.format.mimetype |
application /pdf |
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| dc.language.iso |
eng |
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| dc.subject |
12th century reformation |
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| dc.subject |
Ecclesiastical reform |
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| dc.subject |
Medieval religion |
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| dc.subject |
Church reform |
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| dc.subject |
Mary and Martha |
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| dc.subject |
Rachel and Leah |
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| dc.subject |
Aosta (Italy ) |
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| dc.subject |
Savoy (France and Italy ) |
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| dc.subject |
Cloister of St . Ursus |
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| dc.subject |
Il chiostro di Sant’Orso ad Aosta |
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| dc.subject |
Saint Ours |
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| dc.subject |
Material culture |
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| dc.subject |
Medieval sculpture |
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| dc.subject |
Romanesque sculpture |
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| dc.subject |
Romanesque capitals |
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| dc.subject |
Augustinian canons |
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| dc.subject |
Jacob and Esau |
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| dc.subject |
Urban topography |
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| dc.subject |
Liturgical rogations |
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| dc.subject |
Roman walls and gates |
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| dc.subject |
Abondance (France ) |
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| dc.subject |
Middle Ages , 600 -1500 |
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| dc.subject |
History of doctrines |
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| dc.title |
The Augustinian canons of St . Ursus : reform , identity , and the practice of place in Medieval Aosta |
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| dc.description.department |
History |
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| dc.type.genre |
thesis |
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| dc.type.material |
text |
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| thesis.degree.name |
Doctor of Philosophy |
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| thesis.degree.level |
Doctoral |
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| thesis.degree.discipline |
History |
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| thesis.degree.grantor |
University of Texas at Austin |
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| thesis.degree.department |
History |
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| dc.date.updated |
2011 -07 -06T15 :51 :48Z |
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| dc.identifier.slug |
2152 /ETD -UT -2011 -05 -3273 |
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