…the Abbot of Fulda. Henceforth, the …
Years: 939 - 939
…the Abbot of Fulda.
Henceforth, the great abbeys and episcopal seats that Saint Boniface and his successors had established in southwestern Germany will have a monopoly on temporal office in Franconia, on a par with the counts of lands further west.
They have another virtue in the Ottonian scheme: as celibates, they are less likely to establish hereditary lineages.
Locations
People
- Eberhard of Franconia
- Gilbert
- Henry I, Bishop of Augsburg
- Herman I
- Hugh the Great
- Liudolf
- Louis IV, King of Western Francia
- Otto I
Groups
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Saxony, Duchy of
- Francia Occidentalis (West Francia, or France), Kingdom of
- Francia Orientalis (East Francia), Kingdom of
- Lotharingia, Duchy of
- Franconia, Duchy of
- Swabia, Duchy of
