Publication: Actividad bélica y violencia del episcopado gallego (siglos VIII-X)
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2023-01-19
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El objetivo de esta tesis es el estudio de la actividad bélica y la violencia del episcopado gallego entre los siglos VIII y X. Desde los inicios del cristianismo, los obispos fueron los clérigos superiores de una diócesis e intervinieron en la elaboración de la doctrina. Canónicamente, en ningún caso se permitió a los eclesiásticos blandir armas materiales en los combates seculares. No obstante, tras la desintegración del Imperio romano occidental, muchos prelados adquirieron poderes y responsabilidades temporales como administradores de las ciuitates. Unas atribuciones que podían abarcar el liderazgo militar y el derramamiento de sangre, y que se perpetuaron durante los reinos germánicos como el toledano. Tras la irrupción islámica en la Península, se desconocía si las funciones de los prelados se llegaron a modificar en los nuevos reinos noroccidentales. La ideología providencialista de Reconquista muestra un empeño por subsanar los errores y pecados de los godos con el fin de garantizar el favor divino en la lucha contra el enemigo invasor. Por consiguiente, condenaba la asociación episcopal con actividades que implicaran el derramamiento de sangre. No obstante, no podía asegurarse a priori que las nuevas mentalidades tuvieran reflejo en la realidad del cargo episcopal, o que las circunstancias sociopolíticas de los siglos VIII-X contribuyeran a perpetuar o promocionar viejos vicios...
The aim of this thesis is the study of military and violent activities concerning the Galician episcopate between the 8th and 10th centuries. From the early stages of Christianity, bishops were the superior clerics of a diocese and intervened in the elaboration of the doctrine. Canonically, ecclesiastics were under no circumstance permitted to brandish weapons in secular combat. Nevertheless, after the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire many prelates acquired temporal powers and responsibilities as administrators of the ciuitates. These powers –that could include military leadership and bloodshed– were perpetuated through the Germanic kingdoms such as Toledo.Following the period of the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, it is not known whether the occupations of the bishops in the new north-western kingdoms were modified. The Providentialistic ideology of the Reconquista showed a determination to amend the errors and sins of the Goths in order to guarantee Divine favour in the fight against the invading enemy. It, therefore, condemned episcopal association with activities involving bloodshed. However, it was not certain that the new mentalities were reflected in the reality of episcopal office, or that the socio-political context of the 8th-10th centuries contributed to perpetuating or promoting old vices...
The aim of this thesis is the study of military and violent activities concerning the Galician episcopate between the 8th and 10th centuries. From the early stages of Christianity, bishops were the superior clerics of a diocese and intervened in the elaboration of the doctrine. Canonically, ecclesiastics were under no circumstance permitted to brandish weapons in secular combat. Nevertheless, after the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire many prelates acquired temporal powers and responsibilities as administrators of the ciuitates. These powers –that could include military leadership and bloodshed– were perpetuated through the Germanic kingdoms such as Toledo.Following the period of the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, it is not known whether the occupations of the bishops in the new north-western kingdoms were modified. The Providentialistic ideology of the Reconquista showed a determination to amend the errors and sins of the Goths in order to guarantee Divine favour in the fight against the invading enemy. It, therefore, condemned episcopal association with activities involving bloodshed. However, it was not certain that the new mentalities were reflected in the reality of episcopal office, or that the socio-political context of the 8th-10th centuries contributed to perpetuating or promoting old vices...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, leída el 15/02/2022