THE TRANSFER OF HOUSES FOR THE WORKMEN
AND CRAFTSMEN FROM AN
EXTRAMURAL TO AN INTRAMURAL LOCATION
A directive issued in chapter 4 of the first synod stipulated
that the monks should help "with their own hands"
(propriis manibus) in the bakehouse and in other workshops,
and should not stray outside for the acquisition of these
necessities.[144]
It is Bishop Haito's commentary to this
directive that reveals to us the synod's intent to place the
houses for the workmen and craftsmen within the monastic
precinct, rather than outside. Prior to the issuance of the
regulation, in the monastery of Reichenau at least, the
workshop for the craftsmen lay outside the monastic
compound; and in implementing this rule, Haito ordered,
"that the fullers, the tailors, and the shoemakers be
instructed to perform their work of providing the monks
with their necessary clothing in the future within the
confines of the monastery, and not without, as was the
custom in the past." He adds "that this change should be
effected by the calends of next September."[145]
The location
of the Great Collective Workshop and the House of
Coopers and Wheelwrights, immediately to the south and
west of the Monks' Cloister, may be interpreted to be a
direct implementation of this same directive.
