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QUIERZY [KIERSY], CAPITULARY OF , a capitulary
series of measures
great
distrust. He forbids him to sojourn in certain palaces and in certain forests, and compels him to swear not to despoil his stepmother Richilde of her allodial lands and benefices. At the same time Charles refuses to allow Louis to nominate to the countships left vacant in the emperor's absence. In principle the honores (benefices) and the office of a deceased count must be given to his son, who would be placed pro-visionally in possession by Louis; the definitive investiture , however, could be conferred only by Charles. The capitulary
counts
the emperor into Italy as to the fate of their benefices. It cannot, however, be regarded as introducing a new principle, and the old opinion that the capitulary of Quierzy was a legislative text establishing the hereditary system of fiefs has been proved to be untenable. A former capitulary of Charles the Bald was promulgated at Quierzy on the 14th of February 857, and aimed especially at the repression of brigandage.See E. Bourgeois , Le Capitulaire de Kiersy-sur-Oise (Paris, 1885), and"L'Assen:blee de Quierzy sur-Oise" in Etudes d' histoire du moyendge, dediies d Gabriel Monod (Paris, 1896). (R. Po.)End of Article: QUIERZY [KIERSY], CAPITULARY OF If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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