Manegold of Lautenbach

Manegold of Lautenbach (* 1040, † after 1103) was an early scholastic scholar who intervened with multiple fonts in the Investiture Controversy.

Life

Maybe Manegold traveled in his youth as a master and an itinerant preacher by Germany and France. Among other things, a stay in Paris is guaranteed. However, it could also have acted in this Manegold to another person.

Finally, he settled in the pen Lautenbach. After its destruction in 1085 by supporters of Henry IV, he fled into the pin gang book in Upper Bavaria. In 1094 he was prior of the newly founded Augustinian Canons Marbach. For 1096 a meeting with Pope Urban II is occupied in Tours. Is the last time mentioned Manegold in 1103. Probably shortly thereafter he died of a January 24.

Work

Manegold be attributed to several writings that engage in the Investiture Controversy. This includes comments on the Psalms and Paul's letters as well as to several ancient philosophers. However, it may only two works, both written around 1085, attributed unequivocally: the Liber contra Wolfelmum and the Liber ad Gebehardum. In the first book he takes the opinion of Abbot Wolfhelm Brauweiler (* 1020, † 1091 ) countered that the pagan philosophy was safe for the Christian faith. The Liber ad Gebehardum is primarily an extensive collection of materials and a direct refutation of a pamphlet Wenrichs von Trier against the Pope. It relates directly to the Investiture Controversy, Henry IV engages massively defended Gregory VII It is one of the most widely used fonts the Investiture Controversy dar. It is striking that in this work the first time a concept occurs that advocates the removal of a ruler, when the people, but primarily to the Church, does not fulfill its obligations. This can be interpreted as an episcopal aligned preform the idea of popular sovereignty.