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Barking is the only English nunnery with a history stretching from the seventh century to the time of Henry VIII. A new cache of Anglo-Saxon charters from Barking is edited here for the first time, with other early documents and a historical introduction. The volume also includes the charter of Edward the Confessor for Waltham Abbey.
List of contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Bibliographical Abbreviations
- CHARTER OF BARKING
- Introduction
- 1: The History of the Abbey
- 2: History of the Archive
- 3: The Manuscripts
- 4: The Authenticity of the Charters
- 5: The Estates
- 6: The Anglo-Saxon Abbesses
- List of Charters (Barking)
- Concordance
- Sigla
- Note on the Method of Editing
- Charters of Barking (1-10)
- Barking Appendix: The Battersea charter (S 1248)
- CHARTER OF WALTHAM HOLY CROSS
- Introduction
- 1: The History of the Minster
- 2: Archive, Manuscripts and Authenticity
- 3: The Estates
- List of Charters (Waltham)
- Sigla
- Note on the Method of Editing
- Charter of Waltham Holy Cross (11)
- Waltham Boundary Clauses (11a-11j)
- INDEXES
About the author
Susan Kelly is a specialist in Anglo-Saxon diplomatic. She studied at Clare College, Cambridge, from 1979 until 1985, and then moved to St Catherine's College, Oxford (Rank Foundation Research Fellow 1985-8; British Academy Research Fellow, 1988-91). She returned to Cambridge for five years (Department of Anglo-Saxon). She was a research fellow at Birmingham University (1996-7, 1998-2012). Since 2015 she has been Senior Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia.
Summary
Barking is the only English nunnery with a history stretching from the seventh century to the time of Henry VIII. A new cache of Anglo-Saxon charters from Barking is edited here for the first time, with other early documents and a historical introduction. The volume also includes the charter of Edward the Confessor for Waltham Abbey.
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This is an excellent and rigorous volume.
