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Henry of Blois - New Interpretations (Paperback)
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A richly informed volume that deserves the attention of all
scholars interested in this remarkable figure. - SEHEPUNKTE First
modern study devoted to one of the twelfth-century's most
enigmatic, influential and fascinating figures. Henry of Blois (d.
1171) was a towering figure in twelfth-century England. Grandson of
William the Conqueror and brother to King Stephen, he played a
central role in shaping the course of the civil war that
characterized his brother's reign. Bishop of Winchester and abbot
of Glastonbury for more than four decades, Henry was one of the
richest men in the kingdom, and effectively governed the English
Church for a time as Papal Legate. Raised and tonsured at Cluny, he
was an intimate friend of Peter the Venerable and later saved the
great abbey from financial ruin. Towards the end of his life he
presided, albeit reluctantly, over the trial of Thomas Becket.
Henry was a remarkable man: an administrator of exceptional talent,
a formidable ecclesiastical statesman, a bold and eloquent
diplomat, and twelfth-century England's most prolific patron of the
arts. In the first major book-length study of Henry to be published
since 1932, nine scholars explore new perspectives on the most
crucial aspects of his life and legacy. By bringing ecclesiastical
and documentary historians together with archaeologists and
historians of art, architecture, literature and ideas, this
interdisciplinary collection will serve as a catalyst for renewed
study of this fascinating man and the world in which he operated.
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