Hugh Du Puiset - A Biography of the Twelfth-Century Bishop of Durham

Klappentext This 1956 book, developed from the Prince Consort Prize Essay of 1952, tells the life story of Hugh du Puiset. Zusammenfassung This 1956 book! which developed from the Prince Consort Prize Essay of 1952! tells the life story of Hugh du Puiset. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Early career and election to Durham; 2. The bishop in politics, 1154-95; 3. The bishop and ecclesiastical politics; 4. The bishop as diocesan; 5. The liberty of Durham, 1153-95; 6. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: G. V. Scammell, Geoffrey V. Scammell, Geoffrey Vaughn Scammell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521179850
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17985-0
• No. of pages: 366
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, History and Archaeology