Cathedrals, Communities and Conflict in the Anglo-Norman World ISBN: 9781846158438 Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Boydell & Brewer, Limited Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time Subjects: Architecture;
The true importance of cathedrals during the Anglo-Norman period is here brought out, through an examination of the most important aspects of their history.
Cathedrals dominated the ecclesiastical (and physical) landscape of the British Isles and Normandy in the middle ages; yet, in comparison with the history of monasteries, theirs has received significantly less attention. This volume helps to redress the balance by examining major themes in their development between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. These include the composition, life, corporate identity and memory of cathedral communities; the relationships, sometimes supportive, sometimes conflicting, that they had with kings (e.g. King John), aristocracies, and neighbouring urban and religious communities; the importance of cathedrals as centres of lordship and patronage; their role in promoting and utilizing saints' cults (e.g. that of St Thomas Becket); episcopal relations; and the involvement of cathedrals in religious and political conflicts, and in the settlement of disputes. A critical introduction locates medieval cathedrals in space and time, and against a backdrop of wider ecclesiastical change in the period.
Contributors: Paul Dalton, Charles Insley, Louise J. Wilkinson, Ann Williams, C.P. Lewis, RichardAllen, John Reuben Davies, Thomas Roche, Stephen Marritt, Michael Staunton, Sheila Sweetinburgh, Paul Webster, Nicholas Vincent
Wilkinson Louise J. :
LOUISE J. WILKINSON is Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Lincoln.Wilkinson Louise J. :
LOUISE J. WILKINSON is Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Lincoln.Vincent Nicholas :
NICHOLAS VINCENT is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British AcademyWebster Paul :
Dr Paul Webster is currently Lecturer in Medieval History and Project Manager of the Exploring the Past adult learners progression pathway at Cardiff University.Sweetinburgh Sheila :
Sheila Sweetinburgh is a Principal Research Fellow in the Centre for Kent History and Heritage at Canterbury Christ Church University and editor of Early Medieval Kent, 800-1220 (Boydell, 2016) and Later Medieval Kent, 1220-1540 (Boydell, 2018).
