Worcester 1062-1185

Zusatztext 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Christopher N. Brooke, Mary Cheney, Mary (EDT)/ Smith Cheney, David M. Smith
• Assisted by: Christopher Brooke (Editor), Mary Cheney (Editor), Cheney Mary (Editor), Philippa Hoskin (Editor), Hoskin Philippa (Editor), David Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.06.2008
• EAN: 9780197264188
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726418-8
• No. of pages: 227
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: English Episcopal Acta; English Episcopal Acta
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; England, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Christian leaders & leadership, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Religious and spiritual figures, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring