Name: Anglo-Norman Durham 1093-1193 By David W Rollason
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Anglo-Norman Durham 1093-1193 by David W Rollason

Impressive... for many readers of these papers their cumulative effect will be very great indeed... Admirable collaborative volume. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY Specialists explore the influence of twelfth-centuryDurham, in ecclesiastical affairs, Border politics, architecture, art, and religious and literary culture. Impressive... the cumulative effect [of these papers] is very great indeed. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY This study of Anglo-Norman Durham's history, architecture, art, and religious and literary culture covers much ground, including the Cathedral Priory and its relationship to monastic reform; the careers of the prince bishops; studies of the spectacular castle; the relationship between Durham and the Scottish kings; the architecture of the cathedral; and Durham manuscripts and texts, featuring historical compilations and the remarkable Old English poem De situ Dunelmi. Contributors: DONALD MATTHEW, JULIA BARROW, JANET BURTON, MERYL FOSTER,VICTORIA TUDOR, MICHAEL GULLICK, ALAN PIPER, DAVID BATES, MARK PHILPOTT, ERIC CAMBRIDGE, MALCOLM THURLBY, J. PHILIP McALEER, S.A. HARRISON, JOHN CROOK, THOMAS E. RUSSO, E.C. FERNIE, WILLIAM AIRD, J.O. PRESTWICH, G.W.S. BARROW, VALERIE WALL, PAUL DALTON, ALAN YOUNG, HENRY SUMMERSON, MARTIN ALLEN, P.D.A. HARVEY, MARTIN LEYLAND, M.W. THOMPSON, BERNARD MEEHAN, CHRISTOPHER NORTON, ANNE LAWRENCE, DOMINIC MARNER, DAVID HOWLETT

About David W Rollason

MARGARET HARVEY has had a distinguished career in Durham University, with a particular research specialism in the medieval papacy; she is an authority onthe religious history of late medieval and early modern Durham. Michael Prestwich is Professor of History at the University of Durham. HENRY SUMMERSON was awarded his Ph.D. by Cambridge University for a thesis on crime and law enforcement in England, 1227-1263. He has continued to work in this field, publishing numerous articles on aspects of medieval criminality, and editions, alone or in collaboration, of three crown pleas rolls, for Devon in 1238, Wiltshire in 1268 and Lancashire in 1292. Janet Burton is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history.

Introduction Durham and the Anglo-Norman World - Donald Matthew English Cathedral Communities and Reform in the Late Tenth and the Eleventh Centuries - Julia Barrow The Monastic Revival in Yorkshire: Whitby and St Mary's, York - Janet Burton Custodians of St Cuthbert: The Durham Monks' Views of their Predecessors, 1083-c.1200 - Meryl Foster Durham Priory and its Hermits in the Twelfth Century - Victoria Tudor The Durham Cantor's Book [Durham, Dean and Chapter Library, MS B.IV.24] - Alan J Piper The Scribes of the Durham Cantor's Book [Durham, Dean and Chapter Library, MS B.IV.24] and the Durham Martyrology Scribe - Michael Gullick The Forged Charters of William the Conqueror and Bishop William of St Calais - David Bates The De iniusta uexacione Willelmi episcopi primi and Canon Law in Anglo-Norman Durham - Mark Philpott Early Romanesque Architecture in North-East England: A Style and its Patrons - Eric Cambridge The Roles of the Patron and the Master Mason in the First Design of the Romanesque Cathedral of Durham - Malcolm Thurlby The West Front of Durham Cathedral: The Beginning of a British Tradition - Philip McAleer Observations on the Architecture of the Galilee Chapel - S A Harrison The Architectural Setting of the Cult of St Cuthbert in Durham Cathedral [1093-1200] - John Crook The Romanesque Rood Screen of Durham Cathedral: Context and Form - Thomas E Russo The Architectural Influence of Durham Cathedral - An Absent Friend: The Career of Bishop William of St Calais - William M. Aird The Career of Ranulf Flambard - J.O. Prestwich The Kings of Scotland and Durham - G W S Barrow Malcolm III and the Foundation of Durham Cathedral - Valerie Wall Scottish Influence on Durham 1066-1214 - Paul Dalton The Bishopric of Durham in Stephen's Reign - Alan Young Old and New Bishoprics: Durham and Carlisle - Henry Summerson The Durham Mint before Boldon Book - Martin Allen Boldon Book and the Wards between Tyne and Tees - Paul D A Harvey The Origins and Development of Durham Castle - Martin Leyland The Place of Durham among Norman Episcopal Palaces and Castles - M W Thompson Durham Twelfth-Century Manuscripts in Cistercian Houses - Bernard Meehan The Artistic Influence of Durham Manuscripts - Anne Lawrence-Mathers The Bible of Hugh of le Puiset [Durham, Dean and Chapter Library, MS A.II.1] - Dominic Marner The Shape and Meaning of the Old English Poem 'Durham' - David R. Howlett

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9780851156545

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0851156541

Title

Anglo-Norman Durham 1093-1193 by David W Rollason

Author

David W Rollason

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Used - Very Good

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Year published

1998-10-06

Number of pages

536

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