Synod of Ingelheim
The Universal Synod of Ingelheim began on June 7, 948 in the then church of
Topics
Since 931 the archiepiscopal see was claimed by
The following day Archbishop
Other important matters included consanguineous marriages.[3] In order to inadvertently avoid marrying someone within the prohibited degree of kinship all Christians were strongly recommended to keep a list of their ancestors and that nobles compare such lists before contracting a marriage.[4]
Other subjects included the founding of missionary dioceses in Scandinavia, this fact being the reason for the attendance of the bishops
Importance
Being attained by the two kings of East and West Francia, 32 archbishops and bishops as well as other clerical dignitaries this synod was one of the most important assemblies being held in Ingelheim and one of the climaxes in Ingelheim's importance as one of the political centres of the empire.
Participants
Apart from Louis, Otto and Marinus Regesta Imperii mentions the following participants:
- Frederick of Mainz
- Ruotbert of Trier,
- Wicfrid von Köln,
- Artald, Archbishop of Reims,
- Adaldag of Hamburg,
- Herold of Salzburg,
- Richgowo of Worms,
- Ulrich of Augsburg,
- Bernhard of Halberstadt,
- Diethard of Hildesheim,
- Conrad of Constance,
- Starcand of Eichstätt,
- Dudo of Paderborn,
- Reginbald of Speyer,
- Bobbo of Würzburg,
- Adalbero I of Metz,
- Gauzelin of Toul,
- Berengar of Verdun,
- Balderic of Utrecht,
- Dodo of Osnabrück,
- Eberis of Minden,
- Hildbold of Münster,
- Varaberd of Tungern,
- Fulbert of Cambrai,
- Raoul of Laon,
- Michael of Regensburg,
- Adalbert of Passau,
- Leofdag of Ribe,
- Oredo of Schleswig,
- Reginbrand of Aarhuus,
- Wichard of Basel (questionable)
References
- ^ The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919–966, ed. & trans. Steven Fanning; Bernard S. Bachrach (Toronto: University of Toronto Press Inc., 2004), pp. 47-8
- ^ a b c The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919–966, ed. & trans. Steven Fanning; Bernard S. Bachrach (Toronto: University of Toronto Press Inc., 2004), pp. 48-9
- ^ a b c The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919–966, ed. & trans. Steven Fanning; Bernard S. Bachrach (Toronto: University of Toronto Press Inc., 2004), p. 49
- ^ Constance B. Bouchard, 'Consanguinity and Noble Marriages in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries', Speculum, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Apr., 1981), p. 272
Additional references
- Pertz, G.H. (Hrsg.): Monumenta Historica Germaniæ (= MGH LL 2), p. 19ff., Hannover, 1837.
- Flodoard von Reims, Stratmann, Martina (Hrsg): Historia Remensis Ecclesiæ, (= MGH SS XXXVI), Liber IV cap. XXXV (=S. 428ff.), Hannover 1998
- Hehl, Dieter (Hrsg.): Die Konzilien Deutschlands und Reichsitaliens 916-1001 (= MGH Conc 6/1), p. 135ff., Hannover 1987
- Böhmer, J. F: Regesta Imperii II. Sächsisches Haus 919-1024. 5: Papstregesten 911-1024 Böhmer, Johann Friedrich; Zimmermann, Harald (Bearb.).