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Cathedrals, Communities and Conflict in the Anglo-Norman World

Cathedrals, Communities and Conflict in the Anglo-Norman World

Wilkinson, Louise J.
Insley, Charles
Dalton, Paul

Hardcover

Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, Book 38

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryReligion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 1843836203
ISBN13: 9781843836209
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc
Published: May 19 2011
Pages: 274
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
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

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