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Considers many facets of the medieval church, dealing with
institutions, buildings, personalities and literature. The text
explores the origins of the diocese and the parish, the history of
the See of Hereford and of York Minster. It discusses the arrival
of the archdeacon, the Normans as cathedral builders and the kings
of England and Scotland as monastic patrons. The studies of
monastic life deal with the European question of monastic vocation
and with St Bernard's part in the sensational expansion of the
early 12th century. An epilogue takes us to the 14th century,
contrasting Chaucer's parson with an actual Norfolk rector.
This is the first of two volumes, now covering the heads of
religious houses in England and Wales from the tenth-century reform
to the death of Edward III, 940-1377. This first volume, by the
great master of monastic history, Dom David Knowles, aided by
Christopher Brooke and Vera London, was published first in 1972 and
was quickly recognised as a major work of reference, noted for its
mastery of accurate detail. It has now been brought up to date with
substantial addenda and corrigenda by Christopher Brooke. The 1972
volume covers the period 940-1216, and comprises fully documented,
critical lists of monastic superiors, with succinct biographical
details. It is an essential foundation for all prosopographical
study of the religious history of the period; and the precise
chronology that it underpins is invaluable for dating innumerable
undated documents. As such, the book is a fundamental tool of
medieval research.
Coins are one of the most abundant sources for our study of the
past, yet their value as historical evidence is relatively
neglected because of a general lack of knowledge of numismatic
techniques. This volume of essays, offered by a circle of friends,
colleagues and pupils working in Britain, Europe and North America,
is intended to pay tribute to Philip Grierson's unique contribution
to the study of numismatic method. A medievalist by training,
through his wide-ranging interests in coins and coinage Grierson
has commanded the respect of historians and numismatists of all
periods for the originality and good sense of his prolific
scholarship. More than any other living scholar, he has been
responsible for making available an understanding of numismatic
expertise to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
The history of Church and government in England and on the
continent of Europe between the eleventh and the early fourteenth
centuries is the subject of this volume of essays by twelve
historians including scholars as well known as C. N. L. Brooke, R.
C. van Caenegem, R. Foreville, S. Kuttner and W. Ullmann. Each
essay is concerned with a major historical text (such as Geoffrey
of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain) or an important type
of historical document (such as the writings of a famous civilian,
Master Vacarius). The general theme of Church and government in the
Middle Ages is illustrated through the eves of different types of
officials - among them English royal justices, Norman bishops, and
monastic archdeacons - as well of scholars and thinkers who also
served the needs of government both lay and ecclesiastical - such
as Gratian of Bologna and the hitherto neglected canon lawyer John
Baconthorpe.
Gilbert Foliot, successively Abbot of Gloucester and Bishop of
Hereford and London, and archenemy of Archbishop Thomas Becket, is
a figure of the first importance in the English Church of the
twelfth century. Dom Adrian Morey and Professor Christopher
Brooke's study of Foliot's life and works, Gilbert Foliot and his
Letters, was published in 1965. Foliot left a substantial
collection of letters and charters which are a valuable source for
the period. This edition consists of a critical Latin text with
footnotes; all the known manuscripts have been collated, the
letters dated (often for the first time) and all the circumstances
of their composition discussed. The letters are arranged
chronologically, except for a few groups which have been kept
together; the charters alphabetically by cathedrals and monastic
houses. In their introduction the editors discuss the various
manuscripts, and appendices include biographical notes on the chief
people mentioned in the text. There is a substantial bibliography.
The Monastic Constitutions of Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury between 1070 and 1089, has long been recognized as one of the most important historical sources for medieval monastic life. In this major new revision of Dom David Knowles's classic editions of 1951 and 1967, C. N. L. Brooke incorporates the historical scholarship of the last generation to offer further insight into and illumination of Lanfranc and the monastic world of the eleventh century.
This is the first of two volumes, now covering the heads of
religious houses in England and Wales from the tenth-century reform
to the death of Edward III, 940-1377. This first volume, by the
great master of monastic history, Dom David Knowles, aided by
Christopher Brooke and Vera London, was published first in 1972 and
was quickly recognised as a major work of reference, noted for its
mastery of accurate detail. It has now been brought up to date with
substantial addenda and corrigenda by Christopher Brooke. The 1972
volume covers the period 940-1216, and comprises fully documented,
critical lists of monastic superiors, with succinct biographical
details. It is an essential foundation for all prosopographical
study of the religious history of the period; and the precise
chronology that it underpins is invaluable for dating innumerable
undated documents. As such, the book is a fundamental tool of
medieval research.
Hugh the Chanter's History is a vivid and partly first-hand account
of the church of York between 1069 and 1127. It illuminates the
history not only of the church and court of England, but also of
France and the papal curia in these years. The text of this revised
edition differs considerably from its predecessors: it is based on
a complete re-collation of the manuscript, and on a number of other
copies of the documents it cites; the translation has also been
adjusted at many points. There is a full introduction, which
describes the manuscript, Hugh's background and purpose in writing,
the chapter of York, and the issues at stake with Canterbury and
Scotland. The textual apparatus and the notes to the text are
entirely new. The editors' detailed and scholarly revision of this
valuable source greatly increases our understanding of church and
state under the Normans.
This unique collection of letters portrays the life and times of
John of Salisbury, the devoted secretary of Archbishop Theobald,
the faithful friend and counsellor of Beckett, and one of the
greatest of medieval scholars. Volume II, published in 1979, is
available at $98.00
Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text
by: Brooke, C. N. L.; Unknown function: Mynors, R. A. B.
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