Laymen and Church Reform Around the Year 1000: A Reflection

2025/06/21 by Charles West · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Medieval Literature and History #Historical and Religious Studies of Rome #Historical and Archaeological Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/03044181.2025.2519769

Abstract

This article reflects on an article published in the Journal of Medieval History in 1979 by Constance Brittain Bouchard, ‘Laymen and Church Reform Around the Year 1000: The Case of Otto-William, Count of Burgundy’. I examine the intervention Bouchard’s article made and its subsequent reception, and consider how the themes it emphasised have developed in recent historiography. The article concludes with reflections on where the field might be going next. This article is part of a Special Issue marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Journal of Medieval History.

Discussions

• Hot off the press: my contribution to marking JMH's 50th anniversary, looking at the historiography of 'reform' since the publication of Constance Bouchard's article in JMH 5 (open access). doi.org/10 [bsky, 21 points, 0 comments]

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