Book of the Foundation of Walden Monastery

Zusatztext the author's resonant biblical Latin is analysed and indexed, and felicitously translated ... this is a satisfying edition of a fascinating text. Klappentext This lively narrative, written by a monk, relates the history of the abbey of Saffron Walden from its foundation around 1136 to the year 1203. Its characters include the English kings, the earls of Essex, and other local landowners, large and small, as well as the monks and other ecclesiastics. Its interest extends far beyond the local: the editors' introduction and notes establish the chronicle's position as a valuable historical source. Zusammenfassung The monastery of Walden was founded c.1136 by Geoffrey de Mandeville, a prominent baron in the civil war of Stephen's reign. Its site just outside the town of Saffron Walden in Essex is now occupied by the great Jacobean mansion known as Audley End House. The Book of the Foundation of Walden Monastery, written by a Walden monk soon after 1203, is here printed in its entirety for the first time. This lively narrative relates the history of the Mandeville earls of Essex and the inheritance of their lands and title by King John's justiciar, Geoffrey fitz Peter. The monk-author describes the development of the priory at Walden and its elevation to the status of a Benedictine abbey in 1190, and in the final section of the work he traces the consequent conflict with Geoffrey fitz Peter, concluding the story with the death of Abbot Reginald in 1200 or 1203. The interest of The Book of the Foundation of Walden Monastery extends far beyond the local: the editors' introduction and notes establish its position as a valuable historical source.

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• Assisted by: Diana Greenway (Editor), Leslie Watkiss (Editor), Diana Greenway (Translation), Leslie Watkiss (Translation), Diana Greenway (Editor and translation), Leslie Watkiss (Editor and translation), Watkiss Leslie (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.1999
• EAN: 9780198203308
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820330-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Oxford Medieval Texts; Oxford Medieval Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, Essex, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Monasticism, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Religious communities and monasticism, Christian communities & monasticism