The Book of the Foundation of Walden Monastery

by Greenway, Diana; Watkiss, Leslie

• ISBN13: 9780198203308
• ISBN10: 0198203306
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-28
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This book, written by a Walden monk soon after 1203, is printed here in its entirety for the first time. This lively narrative relates the history of the Mandeville earls of Essex and the inheritance of their lands and title by King John's justiciar, Geoffrey fitz Peter. The monk-author describes the development of the priory at Walden and its elevation to the status of a Benedictine abbey in 1190.

Table of Contents

ABBREVIATED REFERENCES	ix	(2)
INTRODUCTION	xi
I THE PATRONS	xi	(22)
1. Geoffrey de Mandeville and the Foundation of Walden	xi	(8)
2. The Heirs of Geoffrey de Mandeville: Geoffrey the Younger and William de Mandeville	xix	(8)
3. The Heirs to the Mandevilles: Beatrice and Geoffrey de Say and Geoffrey fitz Peter	xxvii	(6)
II THE MONASTERY	xxxiii	(13)
1. The Community under Prior William	xxxiii	(3)
2. Reginald and the Promotion to Abbatial Status	xxxvi	(6)
3. The Buildings	xlii	(4)
III THE ENDOWMENTS	xlvi	(10)
1. Walden and the Site of the Monastery	xlvi	(6)
2. The Churches and Estates outside Walden	lii	(4)
IV THE WRITTEN REMAINS	lvi	(4)
1. The Cartulary and Charters	lvi	(2)
2. Annals, Roll of Founders, and Mandeville Pedigree	lviii	(2)
V THE BOOK OF THE FOUNDATION OF WALDEN MONASTERY	lx	(14)
1. The author: Purpose and Style	lx	(7)
2. Manuscripts	lxvii	(5)
3. Previous Editions	lxxii	(1)
4. This Edition	lxxiii	(1)
GENEALOGICAL TABLE The Family of Mandeville	lxxiv
TEXT AND TRANSLATION	1	(166)
Book i	1	(43)
Book ii	44	(42)
Book iii	86	(26)
Book iv	112	(40)
Book v	152	(15)
APPENDICES	167	(40)
1. Abbreviation of book i cc. I-4 and 6 from the list of founders and the Walden annals	167	(2)
2. Charters of the founders, c.1140-1227, from the cartulary of Walden	169	(23)
3. The endowments of Walden abbey before 1227	192	(15)
INDEX OF QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS	207	(2)
GENERAL INDEX	209