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Religious Patronage in Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1135
Emma Cownie
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Paperback. Anglo-Norman aristocratic patronage of Anglo-Saxon monasteries in post-Conquest England examined. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Although the Norman Conquest of 1066 swept away most of the secular and ecclesiastical leaders of pre-Conquest England, it held some positive aspects for English society, such as its effects on Anglo-Saxon monastic foundations, which this study explores. The first part deals in depth with five individual case studies (Abingdon, Gloucester, Bury St Edmunds, St Albans and St Augustine's, Canterbury) as well as Fenland and other houses, showing how despite mixed fortunes the major houses survived to become the richest in England. The second part places the experiences of the houses in the context of structural changes in religious patronage ... Read more
Although the Norman Conquest of 1066 swept away most of the secular and ecclesiastical leaders of pre-Conquest England, it held some positive aspects for English society, such as its effects on Anglo-Saxon monastic foundations, which this study explores. The first part deals in depth with five individual case studies (Abingdon, Gloucester, Bury St Edmunds, St Albans and St Augustine's, Canterbury) as well as Fenland and other houses, showing how despite mixed fortunes the major houses survived to become the richest in England. The second part places the experiences of the houses in the context of structural changes in religious patronage ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836353
SKU
V9781843836353
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Reviews for Religious Patronage in Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1135
A nuanced but complex picture of the relationship between the victorious incomers and the religious world on which they at first violently intruded, but subsequently often took to their hearts. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW An important addition to the recent corpus of scholarship on Anglo-Norman English society... sheds valuable new light on the problem of multiple self-identities of the ... Read more