Abstract
Around the middle of the eleventh century, the monks of Saint-Denis undertook a revision of their liturgy : in response to the monks of St. Emmeran of Regensburg, who claimed to possess the whole body of the saint, they introduced new feasts and composed new liturgical books. At the same time, to defend their privileges from the attacks of the bishop of Paris, they fabricated a series of papal privileges. But the monks seem to have lacked the textual resources they needed for such a variety of projects. This context explains the numerous and diffuse references to links with the abbey of Saint-Vaast of Arras, which had a far more active and expert scriptorium. The liturgical books of Saint-Denis, its first cartulary and a collection of canon law all reveal the influence of Saint-Vaast, whose monks were aiming to improve monastic life and defend monastic liberties against outside interference.
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