Cathedrals, Communities and Conflict in the Anglo-Norman World

The true importance of cathedrals during the Anglo-Norman period is here brought out, through an examination of the most important aspects of their history.

List of contents

Introduction - Paul Dalton and Charles Insley and Louise J. Wilkinson
The Dangers of Invention: The Sack of Canterbury, 1011, and the 'Theft' of Dunstan's Relics - Ann Williams
Remembering Communities Past: Exeter Cathedral in the Eleventh Century - Charles Insley
Communities, Conflict, and Episcopal Policy in the Diocese of Lichfield, 1050-1150 - C P Lewis
The Acta archiepiscoporum Rotomagensium and Urban Ecclesiastical Rivalry in Eleventh-Century Rouen - Richard Allen
Cathedrals and the Cult of Saints in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Wales - John Reuben Davies
A Bishop and His Conflicts: Philip of Bayeux [1142-63] - Thomas Roche
Ecclesiastical Responses to War in King Stephen's Reign: The Communities of Selby Abbey, Pontefract Priory and York Cathedral - Paul Dalton
Secular Cathedrals and the Anglo-Norman Aristocracy - Stephen Marritt
The Lives of Thomas Becket and the Church of Canterbury - Michael Staunton
Caught in the Cross-Fire: Patronage and Institutional Politics in Late Twelfth-Century Canterbury - Sheila Sweetinburgh
Crown, Cathedral, and Conflict: King John and Canterbury - Paul Webster
The English Monasteries and their French Possessions - Nicholas Vincent

About the author

Paul Dalton, Charles Insley, Louise J. Wilkinson

Product details

• Authors: Paul Dalton
• Assisted by: Paul Dalton (Editor), Charles Insley (Editor), Louise J Wilkinson (Editor), Louise J. Wilkinson (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2011
• EAN: 9781843836209
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-620-9
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Medi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; HISTORY / Medieval, History - General History