La morphologie des malédictions monastiques - article ; n°1 ; vol.34, pg 43-60

Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations - Année 1979 - Volume 34 - Numéro 1 - Pages 43-60
The morphology of monastic maledictions Lester LITTLE Liturgical curses found in ninth-century texts from Saint-Martial and Saint-Wandrille are explained and compared with sanction clauses and excommunication formulas from the same period The most elaborate and significant form taken by maledictions was in the monastic liturgy known as clamor to be performed in times of great trouble The clamor had its origins in Carolingian legal usage by which the poor presented their complaints or claims before judge In the clamor the monks made their complaint at the altar to God and his saints The use of curses had role in the reconstruction of an orderly society based on law as seen in the formal maledictions and prayers pro tribulatione that were integral parts of the Peace of God
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.