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‘Columbanus wore a single cowl, not a double one’: the Vita Deicoli and the legacy of Columbanian monasticism at the turn of the first millennium

Vanderputten, Steven, “‘Columbanus wore a single cowl, not a double one’: the Vita Deicoli and the legacy of Columbanian monasticism at the turn of the first millennium”, Traditio 76 (2021): 175–184.  

abstract:

This article analyses the Life of St. Deicolus of Lure, a monastery in the Alsace region of east France, written by the cleric Theodoric in the 970s or 980s. It argues that the text contains a notable amount of information on the existence, methodology, and limitations of an ill-understood aspect of monastic integration around the year 1000. Relying on an analysis of the narrative's second prologue as well as scattered comments elsewhere in the text, it reconstructs three phenomena. The first is attempts to (re-)establish a Luxeuil-centered imagined community of institutions with a shared Columbanian legacy through the creation and circulation of hagiographic narratives. A second is the co-creation across institutional boundaries of texts and manuscripts that were designed to facilitate these integration attempts. And the third phenomenon is the limits of this integration effort, which did not tempt those involved to propose the establishment of a distinct ‘neo-Columbanian’ observance. As such, the Life represents an attempt to reconcile the legacy of Columbanus and his real or alleged followers as celebrated at late tenth-century Luxeuil and Lure with a contemporary understanding of reformed Benedictine identity.

abstract:

This article analyses the Life of St. Deicolus of Lure, a monastery in the Alsace region of east France, written by the cleric Theodoric in the 970s or 980s. It argues that the text contains a notable amount of information on the existence, methodology, and limitations of an ill-understood aspect of monastic integration around the year 1000. Relying on an analysis of the narrative's second prologue as well as scattered comments elsewhere in the text, it reconstructs three phenomena. The first is attempts to (re-)establish a Luxeuil-centered imagined community of institutions with a shared Columbanian legacy through the creation and circulation of hagiographic narratives. A second is the co-creation across institutional boundaries of texts and manuscripts that were designed to facilitate these integration attempts. And the third phenomenon is the limits of this integration effort, which did not tempt those involved to propose the establishment of a distinct ‘neo-Columbanian’ observance. As such, the Life represents an attempt to reconcile the legacy of Columbanus and his real or alleged followers as celebrated at late tenth-century Luxeuil and Lure with a contemporary understanding of reformed Benedictine identity.

Vita sancti Deicoli

Reconsidering religious migration and its impact: the problem of ‘Irish reform monks’ in tenth-century Lotharingia

Vanderputten, Steven, “Reconsidering religious migration and its impact: the problem of ‘Irish reform monks’ in tenth-century Lotharingia”, Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique 112:3–4 (July, 2017): 588–618.  

abstract:

Traditional accounts of early medieval monastic history routinely included a discussion of how a tenth-century 'wave' of Insular migrants crucially shaped the ideology and methodology of the 'Lotharingian reform movement'. While a number of scholars have raised questions about the validity of this view, their investigations did not result in a revised account of the Irenwelle and its place in the history of 10th-century monasticism. This paper seeks to remediate this problem by considering the phenomenon from the viewpoint of indigenous agents, particularly Lotharingia's ruling elites. Central to its argument is the hypothesis that ecclesiastical and secular lords were interested in hosting Insular migrants in local Benedictine contexts for reasons other than a desire to introduce typically 'Irish' elements to reformist spirituality and practice. More specifically, they hoped to achieve two things: draw on the intellectual, diplomatic, and leadership expertise of leading figures among the 'Irish' migrant community, and justify their recent interventions in monastic communities by reviving authoritative memories of Irish migrant's real or imagined role in shaping Lotharingia's early medieval monastic landscape.

abstract:

Traditional accounts of early medieval monastic history routinely included a discussion of how a tenth-century 'wave' of Insular migrants crucially shaped the ideology and methodology of the 'Lotharingian reform movement'. While a number of scholars have raised questions about the validity of this view, their investigations did not result in a revised account of the Irenwelle and its place in the history of 10th-century monasticism. This paper seeks to remediate this problem by considering the phenomenon from the viewpoint of indigenous agents, particularly Lotharingia's ruling elites. Central to its argument is the hypothesis that ecclesiastical and secular lords were interested in hosting Insular migrants in local Benedictine contexts for reasons other than a desire to introduce typically 'Irish' elements to reformist spirituality and practice. More specifically, they hoped to achieve two things: draw on the intellectual, diplomatic, and leadership expertise of leading figures among the 'Irish' migrant community, and justify their recent interventions in monastic communities by reviving authoritative memories of Irish migrant's real or imagined role in shaping Lotharingia's early medieval monastic landscape.