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VIDAME (Lat. vice-dominus) , a French feudal title. The vidame was originally, like the avoue (advocatus), an official chosen by the bishop of the diocese, with the consent of the count (see ADVOCATE). Unlike the advocate, however, the vice-dominus was at the outset an ecclesiastic, who acted as the bishop's lieutenant (locum tenens) or vicar
dominus were interchangeable terms; and it was only in the 11th century `that they became generally differentiated: the title of avoue being commonly reserved for nobles charged with the protection of an abbey, that of vidame for those guarding an episcopal see. With the crystallization of the feudal system in the 12th century the office of vidame, like that of avoue, had become an hereditary fief. As a title, however, it was much less common and also less dignified than that of avoue. The advocati were often great
function
chief
count 's court of justice, to exercise the bishop's temporal jurisdiction in his name (placitum or curia vice-domini) and to lead the episcopal levies to war. In return they usually had a house
their private seigneuries. Thus the vidame de Picquigny was the representative of the bishop of Amiens, the vidame de Gerberoy of the bishop of Beauvais. In many sees
function
See A. Luchaire
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