The Decline of the Missi Dominici in Frankish Gaul
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) law. The law of feudal succession was not firmly estab- 55 Xeoes II 2 2 p. 285. ^^ §§ 2, 3.
lished in the ninth century, and a sovereign could always . , ^ jj. , ,. ■ ^ ■ j i m tt 1 tt no , ,, ^. . X, ii^L ij • 1. -i m 57 LoNGNON, ^f Jew /ijsiortgtte de ta i<^ra»ice. Vol. II, p. 92.
delay, and not infrequently withhold, inheritance, locon- . M • stitute a strictly legal right, descent during three genera- ^^Ibid. , p. 107. 59 76td. , p. 109.
tions was required. The sons of Robert the Strong and of ^Ibid. , p. 110. 61 ibid. , p. 123.
Ramnulf of Poitou were deprived of their benefices in com- ^^ Ibid. , p. 111.
pliance with this custom. (Kalckstein, Geschiehte, p. 44. ^^Ibid. , p. 113; cf. Leges, II, 2, 2, p. 276, note 90.
300 James Westfall Thompson 13 that of 853, what becomes more manifest than anything else is the increasing depend- ence of the crown upon local lords, lay and clerical; or, in other words, the increasing looalization of the missi dominici. To the capitulary of Servais is fortunately appended a full list of names and places of assignment of those appointed.
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