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Cartulary edit

A Cartulary

The Bishopric of Utrecht was, in the 11th century, the strongest of the feudal states in the northern section of Lorraine. Like other ecclesiastical foundations, Utrecht, or rather the churches and convents of the old Trecht, had rich possessions early. Charles Martel gave to Willibrord's Monastery of St. Saviour the towns of Trecht[a] and Vechten [nl][b] with that all belonged to them, in other words, the land, water, farms, and inhabitants; four years later, he presented to Willibrord and his successors the villa of Elst in the Betuwe region. Earlier, Pepin of Heristal, to fund the propagation of Christianity, had given to the monks tithes of the royal lands and serfs, tolls and commercial contracts in Friesland, a donation that was confirmed by Charles Martel, Carloman, and Pepin the Short. The possessions of the Utrecht church were at first extended in its own vicinity. Charlemagne presented to St. Martin's, in 777, the villa of Leusden, on the Ems, with the neighbouring wilderness, freedom from taxation for merchants settling or temporarily staying there, and an island in the Lek, besides the church of Dorestad.[1]: 90 


Jurjen Bos wrote, in Handbuch des Friesischen, that during the second half of the 7th century the "old Roman fort" of Utrecht and "trading station" of Dorestad were "the focus of the Frisian economy". He characterized Dorestad as a flourishing "Frisian-Frankish settlement" with allegiances vacillating between Frisian and Austrasian.[2]: 491 Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).


  • wildban in Drenthe 944[5]: 215 
  • Royal wilderness in wijde omgeving 948/953

The town of Groningen grew in this place was appointed by the bishop prefect controlled who lived in Groningen

  • Bishop Bernold became count in the Oversticht in 1042 and Count of Hamaland in 1046.

The bishops' properties were managed through vogt and feudalism.

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  1. ^ Built at the site of the castellum of Traiectum.
  2. ^ Built at the site of the castellum of Fectio.

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  1. ^   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Blok, Petrus J. (1898). History of the people of the Netherlands. Vol. 1. Translated by Oscar A. Bierstadt and Ruth Putnam. New York; London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. OCLC 562588797. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  2. ^ Bos, Jurjen M. (2001). "Archaeological evidence pertaining to the Frisians in the Netherlands". In Munske, Horst H.; Århammar, Nils R. (eds.). Handbuch des Friesischen = Handbook of Frisian studies (in multiple languages). Tübingen: Niemeyer. pp. 487–492. ISBN 9783484730489. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  3. ^ Erkelens-Buttinger, E. S. C.; Dekker, Cornelis, eds. (1997). De kerk en de Nederlanden : archieven, instellingen, samenleving (in Dutch). Hilversum: Verloren. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  4. ^ Palmboom, Ellen N. (1995). Het kapittel van Sint Jan te Utrecht : een onderzoek naar verwerving, beheer en administratie van het oudste goederenbezit (elfde-veertiende eeuw). Amsterdamse historische reeks, Grote serie (in Dutch). Vol. 20. Hilversum: Verloren. ISBN 9789065502674. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  5. ^ van den Broek, Jan (2007). Groningen, een stad apart : over het verleden van een eigenzinnige stad (1000-1600). Groninger historische reeks (in Dutch). Vol. 35. Assen: Koninklijke Van Gorcum. ISBN 9789023243236. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  6. ^ Dijkstra, Menno (2012). Rondom de mondingen van Rijn & Maas. Landschap en bewoning tussen de 3e en 9e eeuw in Zuid-Holland, in het bijzonder de Oude Rijnstreek (in Dutch). Leiden: Sidestone Press. ISBN 9789088900785. Retrieved 2014-09-17.

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Further reading edit

  • Catholic Church. Diocese of Utrecht (1892). Muller, Samuel (ed.). Het oudste cartularium van het Sticht Utrecht. Werken uitgegeven door het Historisch genootschap, gevestigd te Utrecht. 3 serie (in Dutch and Latin). Vol. 3. 's Gravenhage: Nijhoff. OCLC 7821783. Retrieved 2014-09-17.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Especially "Chronologisch register dier in het cartularium opgenomene oorkonden". pp. 257–276. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)