Descended from the ancient French family of Blois, Hugh du Puiset
lived in the twelfth century. Charming, distinguished, arrogant,
unscrupulous but above all ambitious, du Puiset died a disappointed
man. It was to his ambition that he owed both his success and his
downfall, the vices of his youth and the follies of his old age. G.
V. Scammell here tells the story of his life - of the intrigues
which preceded his election to the Bishopric of Durham, the swings
of fortune which brought him into royal favour and disfavour, his
role in the ecclesiastical politics of medieval England, the
splendour of his Diocese, and the extent of his authority. Relevant
documents and genealogical details are included in an appendix.
This 1956 book, which is developed from the Prince Consort Prize
Essay of 1952, should interest historians of the Middle Ages and
the Church.
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