Problémy formování církevní správy v českých zemích v raném středověku
The Problems of Forming an Ecclesiastical Administration in the Czech Lands in the Early Middle Ages

Summary/Abstract: The study summarizes the development of ecclesiastical organizations in the Czech lands before1200, taking into account the wider European context. The author first draws attention tothe difficulties associated with the number and character of the preserved sources. Then heproblematizes the traditional notion of ecclesiastical dignitaries as mere servants of the duke,confronting the question of tithes and examining evidence of the activity of the archdeaconsand archpriests. In conclusion, he focuses on the question of building the parish organizationand subscribes to the notion that this was not a centrally controlled activity, but rather a localinitiative, although supported by the bishop.

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