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KÖRNTGEN Ludger, WASSENHOVEN Dominik (eds)Patterns of episcopal power : bishops in tenth and eleventh century western EuropeBerlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2011, 226 p.Collection Prinz-albert-Forschungen ; 6ISBN 978-3-11-026202-5C 1215Résumé éditeur : In medieval Europe, the death of a king could not only cause a dispute about the succession, but also a severe crisis. In times of a vacant throne particular responsibility fell to the bishops - whose general importance for the time around the first milennium has been revealed by recent scholarship - as royal counsellors and policy makers. This volume therefore concentrates on the bishops' room for manoeuvre and the patterns of episcopal power, focusing on the Eastern Frankish Reich and Anglo-Saxon England in a comparative approach which is not least based upon the research of a renowned medievalist, Timothy Reuter. His article about "A Europe of Bishops" ("Ein Europa der Bischöfe") is presented in English translation for the first time.Axe de recherches :Équipe 3 : Du local aux empires : appartenances, institutions, conflits