Cathedrals, Communities and Conflict in the Anglo-norman World

by Dalton, Paul; Insley, Charles; Wilkinson, Louise J.

• ISBN13: 9781843836209
• ISBN10: 1843836203
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-19
• Publisher: Boydell Pr

Summary

Essays looking at the involvement of cathedrals in fighting in the Anglo-Norman world - how they were fortified, defended, etc.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of Contributors	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
The Dangers of Invention: The Sack of Canterbury, 1011, and the 'Theft' of Dunstan's Relics	p. 27
Remembering Communities Past: Exeter Cathedral in the Eleventh Century	p. 41
Communities, Conflict and Episcopal Policy in the Diocese of Lichfield, 1050-1150	p. 61
The Acta archiepiscoporum Rotomagensium and Urban Ecclesiastical Rivalry in Eleventh-Century Rouen	p. 77
Cathedrals and the Cult of Saints in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Wales	p. 99
A Bishop and His Conflicts: Philip of Bayeux (1142-63)Thomas Roche	p. 117
Ecclesiastical Responses to War in King Stephen's Reign: The Communities of Selby Abbey, Pontefract Priory and York Cathedral	p. 131
Secular Cathedrals and the Anglo-Norman Aristocracy	p. 151
The Lives of Thomas Becket and the Church of Canterbury	p. 169
Caught in the Cross-Fire: Patronage and Institutional Politics in Late Twelfth-Century Canterbury	p. 187
Crown, Cathedral and Conflict: King John and Canterbury	p. 203
The English Monasteries and their French Possessions	p. 221
Index of People and Places	p. 241
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