PART I: BEGINNINGS 1. The Roman Empire and Post-Roman Kingdoms 2. A New Stage: Bavaria, Alemania, and Lombard Italy, Mid-Eighth to Mid-Ninth Century 3. The Converging of Private and Parish Churches 4. The Question of Origins 5. Early Monasteries: Their Founders and Abbotts 6. Some Non-Frankish Patterns of Family Interest in Monasteries 7. Transition to Outside Lordship of Monasteries 8. The Emergence of Bishop's Lordship over Monasteries 9. The Emergence of Lay Ruler's Lordship over Monasteries PART II: LORDSHIP OVER HIGHER CHURCHES, NINTH TO ELEVENTH CENTURIES 10. Kings and Princes 11. Nobles other than Founder's Heirs 12. Noble Founders and their Heirs 13. Great Churches as Lords of Monasteries PART III: LOWER CHURCHES AS PROPERTY, NINTH TO ELEVENTH CENTURIES 14. Lesser Churches' Resources in Lands and other Possessions 15. Lesser Churches' Resources in Tithes and Offerings 16. Proprietors' Arrangements with their Priests 17. Lay Proprietors 18. Priests as Proprietors 19. Higher Churches as Proprietors 20. Some Proprietary Elements in a Bishop's Authority PART IV: IDEAS, OPINION, CHANGE 21. The Juridical Condition of Churches 22. Legislation and Reforming Opinion 23. Monastic Reform: Lordship and Liberty 24. Gregorian Reform 25. Towards a Bureaucratic Church 26. The Longer Term Bibliography Index
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