Monks and knights in medieval Galicia.The example of the Benedictines of Toxos Outos in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
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2015
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Renzi, Francesco
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The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between the Benedictine
monks of San Justo and Pastor de Toxos Outos and the local military aristocracy of
the archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela between the twelfth and the thirteenth
centuries. By a comparative study with other monastic realities in Galicia, this work
will show the existence of a strong competition between monastic Orders in Galicia
and how the Benedictines monks of Toxos Outos were able to cope with the loss of
royal and high aristocratic support by shifting their attention to the knightly class.
The study of these aspects will also illustrate how monastic sources may be used to
study the lower aristocratic groups, their composition, ambitions and development
in the north western Iberian Peninsula in the high Middle Ages.
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Imago temporis: medium Aevum, 2015, núm. 9, p. 225-252