نبذة مختصرة : The study of Saint-Étienne de Troyes, a form updated in the middle of the 12th century of palatial collegiate churches, will contribute to canonical historiography. This secular collegiate church was founded by Henri the Liberal between 1152 and 1158. The count had the patronage of this church and, as such, confered the prebends. Other secular collegiate churches were founded at the same time in southern Champagne by Henri I, his successors and their vassals, such as Saint-Maclou of Bar-sur-Aube, Saint-Nicolas de Pougy, Notre-Dame-du-Val de Provins, Saint-Quiriace de Provins, Saint-Nicolas de Sézanne, Saint-Jean de Vertus or even Notre-Dame de Vitry-en-Perthois. By the middle of the 12th century, however, it was no longer common for a prince to found secular collegiate churches, because since the middle of the 11th century, the reform of this type of community religious institutions had multiplied. One of the challenges of our thesis is to explain why the Count of Champagne made a choice which might seem to go against the grain and which probably exerted an influence on the revival of the canonical movement at the end of the 13th century. The first Gothic institution in southern Champagne, Saint-Étienne de Troyes was endowed with seventy-two prebends, nine dignitaries, thirty-one altars and had large revenues, spread over eighty-seven different localities at the end of the 13th century. It was a powerful religious institution, which shone over the city and diocese of Troyes and even beyond. Its study will also contribute to the historiography of princely power. The collegiate church adjoined the Count's Palace of Troyes, for which it provided religious services. The Counts of Champagne had a stone gallery there, located against the western wall, which they could access directly from their apartments. The palatial collegiate church assumed administrative, economic and memorial tasks for the Counts of Champagne. How did Henry I leave his mark on the church he founded? How did the count's patronage and the support ...
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