Laws of the Monastery and the Church

Theuderic III, King of Franks · D.P. Curtin

Feb 2016 · The Early Frankish Church (486-1297 AD) Book 16 · Dalcassian Press

About this ebook

What follows here is a collection of edicts and diplomas issued by the Frankish king, grant the parameters of authority to the local monasteries, and offering the protection of the church in these bishopric under the authority of the Frankish crown forever. These edicts would make up the basis for French welfare programs and charitable gives in France for the next thousand years. Some of the edicts noted here are still in effect to this day to the modern monasteries which have maintained their mission since the 7th century.

About the author

D.P. Curtin is an Irish-American antiquarian and translator. To date he has translated over three hundred texts relating to the development of the Western World and Christianity between the 5th and 15th centuries. The various manuscripts which he has handle are of sundry cultural provenance, including: Celtic, Gallic, Visigothic, Punic, Nubian, Ethiopian, Coptic, Slavic, Armenian, Nordic, Indo-Persian, Byzantine, Syriac, Anglo-Saxon, and Georgian. He is a graduate of Villanova University, Chestnut Hill College, and Chatham University.