Herbert of Bosham - A Medieval Polymath

In-depth study of an important writer and close associate of Becket.

List of contents

An Introduction to Herbert of Bosham
Master Herbert: Becket's eruditus, envoy, adviser, and ghost-writer?
Herbert of Bosham and Peter Lombard
Pages covered with as many tears as notes: Herbert of Bosham and the glossed manuscripts for Thomas Becket
Scholarship as a weapon: Herbert of Bosham's letter collection
Time, Change and History in Herbert of Bosham's Historia
John Allen Giles and Herbert of Bosham: The Criminous Clerk as Editor
The Missing Leaves of Arras MS 649: A Tale of Lost and Found
Encounters with Herbert of Bosham
Appendix: A New Letter of Herbert of Bosham (1175 X 1178)
Select Bibliography
Index

About the author

Michael Staunton

Summary

In-depth study of an important writer and close associate of Becket.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Staunton
• Assisted by: Michael Staunton (Editor), Prof Michael Staunton (Editor), Prof. Michael Staunton (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2019
• EAN: 9781903153888
• ISBN: 978-1-903153-88-8
• No. of pages: 217
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 239 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 585 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Biografien: allgemein, Geschichte der Religion, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Medieval, History - General History