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Zusatztext a welcome addition Informationen zum Autor David Woodman is a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge. Klappentext This is the first complete edition of all existing Anglo-Saxon charters from archives north of the Humber. The charters of York, Ripon, Beverley, Durham, and Lowther Castle are presented with notes and historical introductions. Zusammenfassung Anglo-Saxon Northumbria is renowned for producing scholars of the eminence of Bede and Alcuin and saints of the stature of Cuthbert and Oswald. But despite its enormous cultural and political impact on the course of early English history, only a relatively small amount of documentary material has survived, scattered through five different archives. This book constitutes the first edition of all Anglo-Saxon charters surviving in archives north of the River Humber, a body of material previously neglected. It provides edited texts, together with detailed analysis and commentary, for twenty-one documents which have been preserved in the ecclesiastical archives of York, Beverley, Ripon and Durham, and also a unique survival from Lowther Castle. These commentaries also provide translations and elucidations of each Old English boundary clause and assessments regarding each document's authenticity. The charters themselves are preceded by comprehensive historical introductions which not only provide up-to-date historical accounts of each religious house, but also give an overview of the evolution of each ecclesiastical archive (Lowther Castle is treated slightly differently). In bringing all of this material together for the first time, this book encourages comparisons between the types of charter used in different parts of Northumbria, which in turn allows a better understanding of the complex political and ecclesiastical situation throughout the kingdom. Inhaltsverzeichnis GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1: The survival of Charters from Anglo-Saxon Northumbria 2: The Evidence for Oral Transactions in Northumbria 3: Northumbrian Diplomatic 4: The Authenticity of the Northern Charters LIST OF NORTHERN CHARTERS York Beverley Ripon Durham Lowther Castle CONCORDANCE YORK 1: The History and Endowment of York Minster 2: The History of the York Archive 3: The Manuscripts SIGLA NOTE ON THE METHOD OF EDITING THE CHARTERS OF YORK BEVERLEY INTRODUCTION 1: The History and Endowment of Ripon Minster 2: The History of the Ripon Archive 3: The Manuscripts SIGLA NOTE ON THE METHOD OF EDITING THE CHARTERS OF RIPON DURHAM INTRODUCTION 1: The History and Endowment of St Cuthbert's Community 2: The History of the Archive 3: The Manuscripts SIGLA NOTE ON THE METHOD OF EDITING THE CHARTERS OF DURHAM LOWTHER CASTER INTRODUCTION 1: General Introduction 2: The History of the Archive SIGLA NOTE ON THE METHOD OF EDITING CHARTER OF LOWTHER CASTLE APPENDICIES ...
