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First published in 1926, this book presents a concise examination
of the historic context underlying ancient traditions connecting
Joseph of Arimathea and King Arthur with the Abbey of Glastonbury.
Illustrative figures are included and notes are incorporated
throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest
in the origins of the legends and traditions surrounding
Glastonbury.
In this 1911 work, J. Armitage Robinson uses architectural and
documentary sources to discuss the history of the abbot's buildings
at Westminster Abbey. The medieval monastic remains are extensive,
but have been considerably modified over the centuries. The abbey
muniments provide much information on the building's history, and
Robinson includes many documents, both medieval and
post-Reformation, to trace the development of the complex and how
it was used. As dean of the abbey, Robinson had unprecedented
access, and so was able to work out the architectural history more
fully than had been possible in previous studies. As the abbey grew
in importance and wealth, so the status of the abbot grew,
necessitating grander buildings for entertaining. The medieval
abbey must have been a continual building site, to judge by the
frequent references to structural work in the accounts. This is a
valuable study of an important surviving medieval building.
Gilbert Crispin (c. 1045 1117/18), fourth abbot of Westminster
Abbey, was a scion of an important Norman family. Trained at Bec
under St Anselm, later archbishop of Canterbury, he was a noted
scholar and theologian. Under his rule, Westminster Abbey began to
expand physically and grow in importance, making full play of its
position as the chosen burial site of Edward the Confessor. The
necessity to raise funds for the building work probably led to
Crispin's association with the London Jewish community, and this
was to inspire his most important theological work, Disputation
with a Jew. In this 1911 book, J. Robinson Armitage, then dean of
Westminster, mines the abbey archives to write both a biography and
a discussion of Crispin's thirty-year administration of
Westminster. He also includes the texts of all Crispin's known
writings, together with a selection of charters. A significant work
on a hitherto neglected Anglo-Norman churchman.
The following pages represent the substance of lectures given on
several occasions in response to the inquiry, What is the
historical truth underlying the ancient traditions which connect
Joseph of Arimathea and King Arthur with the Abbey of Glastonbury?
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1895 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1892 Edition.
This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.
3 newly discovered documents by the Apostles Paul, and Peter.
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