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Two charters of Philip I, king of the Franks from 1060 to 1108. The first, dated 1072, recalls that his grandfather King Robert founded a monastery in honour of Saint Germain in the forest of Laye, and that his father King Henry enlarged it; Philip, wishing to share in their good work, grants to the monks of Coulombs serving there the tithes of wine and grain belonging to his cellar and granary at Poissy and elsewhere. The witness list names counts and lords of the region. The second, dated 1105, is issued at the request of Ivo, bishop of Chartres, and abolishes a bad custom concerning the property of the bishops of Chartres in their houses.
The charters illustrate the relations between the Capetian kings and the churches of the Île-de-France, and the place of royal grants in supporting monasteries. The first is a document of the origins of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, later a royal residence. The second reflects Ivo of Chartres’ campaign against the seizure of episcopal goods at a bishop’s death, a customary right claimed by lay lords and kings that reformers opposed.
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