Capitulary of Servais
The Capitulary of Servais was the implementation of an agreement between Charles the Bald and his half-brother Lothar to maintain the peace. In a conference of Charles and Lothar at Valenciennes in 853, the missi were re-established after a long hiatus. Lothar recommended that peace and justice be secured by sending out missi to enforce the laws and help keep the peace. The Diet of Servais confirmed the decisions arrived at during the conference. The Capitulary of Servais was enacted by Charles in November 853 dividing the Franco-Burgundian portion of Charles’ realm into twelve districts (missatica) to enforce the measures of this agreement. According to Nelson, the twelve missicati and associated missi were:
Missaticum 1: Rheims, Voncq, Perthes, Bar-le-Duc, Chanzy, Vertus, Binson, Tardenois
Missi: Bishop Hincmar [of Rheims], Ricuin, Engilscale
Missaticum 2: Laon, Porcien, Soissons, Orxois, Valnis
Missi: Bishop Pardulus [of Laon], Altmar, Theodacrus
Missaticum 3: Noyon, Vermandois, Arras, Courtrai, Flanders, the counties of Engelram and the counties of Waltcaud
Missi: Bishop Immo [of Noyon], Abbot Adalard [of St-Bertin], Waltcaud, Oldaric
Missaticum 4: The counties of Berengar, Engiscalc, Gerard and the counties of Reginar
Missi: Bishop Folcuin [of Thérouanne], Adalgar, Engiscalc and Berengar
Missaticum 5: Paris, Meaux, Senlis, Vexin, Beauvais, Vendcuil
Missi: Abbot Louis [of St-Denis], Bishop Erminfridus [of Beauvais], Ingilwin, Gotselm
Missaticum 6: Rouen, Talau, Vimeu, Poitnieu, Amiens
Missi: Bishop Paul [of Rouen], Bishop Hilmerad [of Amiens], Herloin, Hungar
Missaticum 7: Avranches, Countances, Bayeux, Cotentin, Otlinga Saxonia and Harduin’s [part of that area], Eu, Lisieux
Missi: Bishop Airard [of Lisieux], Abbot Theuderic [of Jumiéges], Herloin, Harduin
Missaticum 8: Le Mans, Angers, Tours, Corbonnais, Sées
Missi: Bishop Dodo [of Angers], Robert and Osbert
Missaticum 9: Blois, Orléans, Vendôme, Chartres, Dreux, Chateaudun, Evreux, Arpajon, Poissy, Mardie
Missi: Bishop Bouchard [of Chartres], Rudulf, Abbot Henry
Missaticum 10: Troyes, Gatinais, Melun, Provins, Arcis-sur-Aube, Brienne
Missi: Bishop Wenilo [of Sens], Odo [brother of Robert the Strong] and Donatus
Missaticum 11: Counties of Milo and counties of Isembard, namely Autun, Macon, Chalon, [land of] Chattuarii, Tonnerre, Beaune, Deusme, the county of Attela, and the county of Romold
Missi: Bishop Theutbald [of Langres], Bishop Jonas [of Autun], Abbot Abbo, and Daddo
Missicatum 12: Nevers, Auxerre, Avallon
Missi: Hugh, Gozso (of Cozso), Nibelung
Sources
- Nelson, Janet Laughland, Charles the Bald, Longman Press, 1992
- Thompson, James Westfall, The Decline of the Missi Dominici in Frankish Gaul, University of Chicage Press, 1903