
Worcester 1062-1185
Oxford University Press
Published on 25. October 2007
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-19-726418-8 (ISBN)
Description
This long-awaited study of the early acta of the bishops of Worcester includes full editions of the surviving documents of eight bishops, from the saintly Wulfstan to the future archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin. The 265 documents or references to lost acta, include indulgences, confirmations and grants, settlements of disputes and some of the earliest surviving inspeximuses. Accompanying the documents is a comprehensive introduction, providing brief biographies of the bishops as well as considerations of their households and of the diplomatic of their documents.
Reviews / Votes
This is a very useful and well-edited collaborative volume on which its editors must be warmly congratulated * Francesca Tinti, The English Historical Review * Offering fresh insights into this formative period of English history, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of ecclesiastical, medieval and local history. * Spartacus Review *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
4pp b&w plate section
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-726418-8 (9780197264188)
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Editor
formerly the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research , University of York
Dixie Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge; and Fellow of the British Academy
Reader in Medieval HistoryThe Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of York