[3] On 17 January 1418, Pope Martin V, acting upon the request of Duke Albert V of Austria, granted Abbot Angelus Manse [de] of Rein Abbey and Prior Leonhard Petraer of Gaming Charterhouse the right of canonical visitation to all Benedictine and Augustinian foundations in Duke Albert's lands.
In June, Nikolaus Seyringer [de] was sent to visit Melk and reform in both spiritual and temporal matters.
He restored communal living, admitted novices who were not of noble birth and instituted customs (consuetudines) in addition to the Benedictine rule.
[1] Besides discipline and adherence to the rule and customs, the Melk Reform insisted on liturgical revival and literary production.
It was a vehicle for the spread of humanism, especially through its connection to Nicholas of Dinkelsbühl of the University of Vienna.