Abbatial Elections at Saint Florent-de-Saumur (ca. 950–1118)
Research into the origins of bishops is not new, but it has taken on increasing importance within the last twenty years. In 1965 an important introductory study of the social origins of French bishops between the years 1150 and 1350 appeared under the auspices of the Institut de Droit Canonique de Strassbourg. Since then, other studies on the origins of the French episcopate have followed. Despite the fact that these studies possess intrinsic value as manifestations of interest in the family and social origins, the method employed in them raises questions. It is the scope of the studies—not so much in terms of chronology as in numbers of bishops considered—that is problematic. The large numbers of candidates considered render scrutiny of individual candidates and electoral processes impossible.
Robert of Blois, Abbot of Saint-Florent de Saumur and Saint-Mesmin de Micy (985-1011). A study in small power politics
Politique opportuniste mais peut-etre necessaire a la survie de son abbaye, Robert de Blois, abbe de Saint-Florent de Saumur qui s'opposa aussi bien a Fulk Nerra, pilleur et devastateur du Saumurois qu'aux puissants princes: comte de Blois, comte d'Anjou et roi de France.
The incidence of dead and dying fish in the Moray Firth, September 1963
Dead and dying fish were reported from the Moray Firth during a period of 15 days in September 1963. The initial mortalities were in the inner Firth, but they later spread outwards, especially eastwards along the southern shores of the Firth. Mass mortalities of the lugworm (Arenicola marina) also occurred in Scottish waters in 1962 and 1963, and at Balintorein Easter Ross fish and lugworm mortalities were contemporary.