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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 Abbey is the only English nunnery which has an institutional history stretching from its foundation in the seventh century to its dissolution by Henry VIII (with a short interruption during the Viking Age). A hitherto unknown cache of eight Anglo-Saxon charters from Barking was discovered in the 1980s and these are edited here for the first time, along with other early documents from the house. These are set in context by a comprehensive and ground-breaking introduction to the history of Anglo-Saxon Barking. The volume also includes an edition of the important charter of Edward the Confessor for the abbey of Waltham Holy Cross, with an introduction exploring the history and archaeology of Waltham.
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This is an excellent and rigorous volume.
