This is a list of charters that were explicitly issued at diocesan synods (at which only one bishop was present) in the lands of the former Carolingian empire, between 900 and 1050.Footnote ¹ We have provided details of just one edition, with a preference for the most recent and most accessible, to avoid overburdening the text.

1. 1. Mâcon (885x927): Grant of tithes to chapel

   • Saint-Vincent de Mâcon, no. 40.

2. 2. Dijon (c. 903/7, September): Tithes dispute

   • Courtois, Saint-Étienne de Dijon, no. 17.

3. 3. Nevers (903, 25 April): Grant of tithes

   • Saint-Cyr, no. 7.

4. 4. Piacenza (903, 30 March): Foundation of monastery of St. Savin P. M. Campi (ed.), Dell’historia ecclesiastica di Piacenza 1 (Piacenza, 1651–1652), pp. 478‒80.

5. 5. Langres (903, June): Donation of land

   Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 151, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte151/; G. Chevrier and M. Chaume (eds.), Chartes et documents de Saint-Bénigne de Dijon, prieurés et dépendances des origines à 1300 1 (Dijon: Société des Annales de Bourgogne, 1986), no. 157.

6. 6. Passau (903, September): Donation to Passau

   • E. Trinks (ed.), Urkundenbuch des Landes ob der Enns 2 (Vienna: Verwaltungs ausschuss des Museums Franciso-Carolinum, 1856), no. 36.

7. 7. Langres (904/6, April): Chapel restoration

   • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 153, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte153/; A. Roserot (ed.), ‘Chartes inédites des IX^e et X^e siècles, appartenant aux archives de la Haute-Marne (851–973)’, Bulletin de la Société des Sciences historiques et naturelles de l’Yonne 51 (1897), pp. 161–209, no. 9.

8. 8. Poitiers (906x937, May): Dispute over tithes

   • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 1096, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte1096/; E. Carpentier, Y. Chauvin, R. Favreau and G. Pon (eds.), Chartes poitevines, 925–950 2 (Poitiers: C.E.S.C.M., Université de Poitiers, 1999), no. 20.

9. 9. Vienne (907): Dispute between two monasteries over church

   • G. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio 18 (Venice: A. Zatta, 1773), cols. 259‒60.

10. 10. Freising (908, 13 September): Exchange of property

    • Freising, no. 1045.

11. 11. Bergamo (908, May): Establishment of canonica

    • Mansi, Sacrorum conciliorum 18, cols. 259‒60.

12. 12. Modena (908, June): Appointment of (arch)priest in Rubiano

    • E. P. Vicini (ed.), Regesto della Chiesa cattedrale di Modena 1, Regesta chartarum Italiae 16 (Rome: Maglione, 1931), no. 39.

13. 13. Langres (912): Donation to monastery

    • E. Bougaud and J. Garnier (eds.), Chronique de l’abbaye de Saint-Bénigne de Dijon, Analecta divionensia 9 (Dijon: Darantiere, 1875), p. 121.

14. 14. Dijon (912, October): Dispute over tithes

    • Courtois, Saint-Étienne de Dijon, no. 22.

15. 15. Toul (916, November): Dispute about tithes

    • J. Hartzheim (ed.), Concilia Germaniae 2 (Cologne: Krakamp and Simon, 1760), p. 587.

16. 16. Tours (925/6, May): Trial by ordeal over tithes

    • Mansi, Sacrorum conciliorum 18, cols. 347‒8.

17. 17. Issy in Autun (926, October): Establishment of church

    • Cluny, no. 274.

18. 18. Salzburg (927, May): Property exchange

    • Salzburg, no. 2.

19. 19. Troyes (928, May): Tithes dispute

    • A. Giry, ‘Etudes carolingiennes’ in Etudes d’histoire du Moyen Âge, dédiées à Gabriel Monod (Paris: L. Cerf, 1896), no. 28, pp. 107–36, at p. 135.

20. 20. Poitiers (936/50, May): Tithes dispute

    • Saint-Cyprien de Poitiers, no. 184.

21. 21. Mâcon (938, September): Donation of two churches to cleric

    • Saint-Vincent de Mâcon, no. 497.

22. 22. Toul (941, December): Foundation of monastery

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 208, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte208/; R.-H. Bautier (ed.), Les origines de l’abbaye de Bouxières-aux-Dames au diocèse de Toul: reconstitution du chartrier et édition critique des chartes antérieures à 1200, Recueil de documents sur l’histoire de Lorraine 27 (Nancy: Société d’Archéologie Lorraine, 1987), no. 9.

23. 23. Cologne (948): Establishment of chapel (interpolated)

    • E. Wisplinghoff (ed.), Rheinisches Urkundenbuch. Ältere Urkunden bis 1100 2, Publikationen der Gesellschaft für Rheinische Geschichtskunde 57 (Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1994), no. 313.

24. 24. Padua (955): Donation to clergy

    • F. Ughelli (ed.), Italia sacra sive de episcopis Italiae 5 (Venice: Coleti, 1720), col. 430A.

25. 25. Mâcon (956, May): Donation of tithe

    • Cluny, no. 1000.

26. 26. Freising (956, April, Maundy Thursday): Exchange

    • Freising, no. 1148.

27. 27. Lyon (957, May): Donation of church to ClunyCluny, no. 1227.

28. 28. Besançon (958, May): Donation to individual

    • Cluny, no. 1046.

29. 29. Langres (966, April): Donation

    • C. B. Bouchard (ed.), The Cartulary of Flavigny, 717–1113, Medieval Academy Books 99 (Cambridge, MA: Medieval Academy of America, 1991), no. 16.

30. 30. Verdun (967, February): Dispute over status of chapel

    • A. Lesort (ed.), Chronique et chartes de l’abbaye de Saint-Mihiel, Mettensia 6 (Paris: C. Klincksieck, 1909–1912), no. 28.

31. 31. Liège (968): Confirmation of ownership of church

    • Hartzheim, Concilia Germaniae 2, p. 587.

32. 32. Mâcon (968x972): Exemption from episcopal dues

    • Prou, Chartes de Saint-Benoît 1, no. 58.

33. 33. Narbonne (969): Exemption from synodal dues

    • De Vic, Histoire générale du Languedoc 3, p. 445.

34. 34. Bourges (971, May): Exemption from dues

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 2783, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte2783/; J. Thillier and E. Jarry (eds.), Cartulaire de Sainte-Croix d’Orléans (814–1300) (Paris: A. Picard, 1906), no. 62.

35. 35. Toul (971, October): Privilege for canons of Toul

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 217, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte217/; D. de Sainte-Marthe (eds.), Gallia Christiana in provincias ecclesiasticas distribute 13 (Paris: Typographia regia, 1785), cols. 457−9.

36. 36. Autun (972, May): Donation of church

    • A. de Charmasse (ed.), Cartulaire de l’église d’Autun 1–2, Documents inédits pour servir à l’histoire de l’Autunois 1 (Paris: A. Pédone, 1865), no. 36.

37. 37. Padua (978): Confirmation of canonica

    • L. A. Muratori (ed.), Antiquitates Italicae medii aevi 1 (Milan: Michaelis Bellotti, 1738), p. 549.

38. 38. Sens (981, April): Appointment of priest

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 1859, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte1859/; R. Poupardin (ed.), ‘Deux documents sénonais du X^e siècle’, Le Moyen Age 22 (1909), pp. 378−82, at pp. 380−2.

39. 39. Mâcon (981, May): Donation

    • Cluny, no. 1553.

40. 40. Tours (983, October): Donation of land

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 1535, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte1535/; C. de Grandmaison (ed.), ‘Fragments de chartes du X^e siècle provenant de Saint-Julien de Tours recueillis sur les registres d’état-civil d’Indre-et-Loire’, Bibliothèque de l’Ecole des Chartes 46−7 (1885−1886), pp. 373−429 and 226−73, respectively, no. 29.

41. 41. Lorch (Passau) (c. 985): Secular tithing oath

    • M. Heuwieser (ed.), Die Traditionen des Hochstiftes Passau, Quellen und Erörterungen zur bayerischen Geschichte NF 6 (München: Verl. d. Komm. f. Bayerische Landesgeschichte, 1930), no. 93.

42. 42. Toul (988): Donation of church

    • A. Calmet (ed.), Histoire de Lorraine 2 (Nancy: A. Leseure, 1748), Preuves, col. 243.

43. 43. Konstanz (995): Exchange with abbot

    • Württembergisches Urkundenbuch online, no. 198, www.wubonline.de/?wub=311/.

44. 44. Angers (997, June): The monks of Saint-Florent complain to Bishop Rainald about two new churches that infringe on their tithe rights; the new churches are destroyed by synodal judgement (unedited)

    • Cartulaire (Livre noir) de l’abbaye de Saint-Florent-lès-Saumur (= Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, N.A.L. 1930, ff. 23v–24v)

45. 45. Paris (1005, December): Donation of land

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 2909, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte2909/; R. Große‚ ‘Die beiden ältesten Papsturkunden für das Domkapitel von Paris (JL 3949 und 3951)’, in R. Große (ed.), L’acte pontifical et sa critique, Studien und Dokumente zur Gallia Pontificia 5 (Bonn: Bouvier Verlag, 2007), pp. 15–29, no. 1.

46. 46. Paris (1006): Donation of altar

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 2062, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte2062/; R. Lasteyrie (ed.), Cartulaire général de Paris, 528–1180 1 (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1887), no. 74.

47. 47. Sens (1005, September): Donation of altars

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 2061, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte2061/; B. Guérard (ed.), Cartulaire de Notre-Dame de Paris 1 (Paris: De Chapelet, 1850), pp. 314–15.

48. 48. Angers (1010): Dispute between monasteries over tithes

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 3369, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte3369/; O. Guillot (ed.), Le comte d’Anjou et son entourage au XI^e siècle 2 (Paris: A. & J. Picard, 1972), no. 66.

49. 49. Mainz (1019): Allocation of land to church for tithes (interpolated?)

    • S. A. Würdtwein (ed.), Dioecesis Moguntina in archidiaconatus distincta 1 (Mannheim: Typis Academicis, 1769), pp. 329‒31.

50. 50. Münster (c. 1022): Confirmation of privilege for local church

    • H. A. Erhard, R. Wilmans and W. Diekamp (eds.), Regesta historiae Westfaliae 1, Westfälisches Urkundenbuch 1 (Münster: Friedrich Regensberg, 1847), no. 103.

51. 51. Speyer (1023): Donation of tithe as part of exchange

    • F. X. Remling (ed.), Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der Bischöfe zu Speyer 1 (Mainz: Kirchheim, 1852), no. 25.

52. 52. Regensburg (c. 1023): Exchange. This charter was issued ‘in concilio publico’, which we have taken here to indicate a synod, though other readings are possible.

    • Salzburg, no. 28.

53. 53. Mâcon (1018/30): Archpriest makes donation to cathedral

    • Saint-Vincent de Mâcon, no. 445.

54. 54. Vienne (1030, May): Dispute over tithes

    • Mansi, Sacrorum conciliorum 19, col. 497.

55. 55. Cahors (1031): Dispute over tithes

    • Cluny, no. 2856.

56. 56. Mâcon (1031/60, October): Donation of churches to a miles

    • Saint-Vincent de Mâcon, no. 475.

57. 57. Verdun (1032, September): Donation to monastery

    • A. d’Herbomez (ed.), Cartulaire de l’abbaye de Gorze, Mettensia 2 (Paris: C. Klincksieck, 1898), no. 126.

58. 58. Vienne (1036, November): Donation to monastery

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 4026, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte4026/; Saint-Victor de Marseille, no. 1064.

59. 59. Besançon (1040, October): Donation to convent

    • B. De Vreville, Hugues de Salins, archevêque de Besançon 1031–1066 3 (Besançon: Cêtre, 1983), no. 16.

60. 60. Besançon (1041, November): Donation to monastery and appointment of parson

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 547, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte547/; De Vregille, Hugues de Salins 3, pp. 49*–53*.

61. 61. Reggio (1042, October): Donation of church

    • P. Torelli (ed.), Le carte degli archivi Reggiani 1, Biblioteca della Romagna. Sezione Modena 2 (Reggio nell’Emilia: Cooperativa Lavoranti Tipografi, 1921), no. 160.

62. 62. Paris (1043, July): Donation of altar

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 2080, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte2080/; R. Poupardin (ed.), Recueil des chartes de l’abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, des origines au début du XIII^e siècle 1 (Paris: H. Champion, 1909), no. 56.

63. 63. Paris (1045, October): Donation of church

    • Giraud, Chartes originales, no. 2081, http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/originaux/charte2081/; Poupardin, Saint-Germain-des-Prés 1, no. 58.

64. 64. Nevers (1045, November): Reform of monastery

    • Cluny, no. 2961.

65. 65. Reggio (c. 1049): Episcopal edict on property alienation

    • Torelli, Le carte degli archivi reggiani 1, no. 183.