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Bury St Edmunds and the Norman Conquest
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Hardback. Responses to the impact of the Norman Conquest examined through the wealth of evidence provided by the important abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 770.
Responses to the impact of the Norman Conquest examined through the wealth of evidence provided by the important abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Bury St Edmunds is noteworthy in so many ways: in preserving the cult and memory of the last East Anglian king, in the richness of its archives, and not least in its role as a mediator of medical texts and studies. All these aspects, and more, are amply illustrated in this collection, by specialists in their fields. The balance of the whole work, and the care taken to place the individual topics in context, has resulted ... Read more
Responses to the impact of the Norman Conquest examined through the wealth of evidence provided by the important abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Bury St Edmunds is noteworthy in so many ways: in preserving the cult and memory of the last East Anglian king, in the richness of its archives, and not least in its role as a mediator of medical texts and studies. All these aspects, and more, are amply illustrated in this collection, by specialists in their fields. The balance of the whole work, and the care taken to place the individual topics in context, has resulted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843839316
SKU
V9781843839316
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99-50
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Elisabeth van Houts is Honorary Professor of European Medieval History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Emmanuel College.
Reviews for Bury St Edmunds and the Norman Conquest
This volume is welcome addition to the discussion surrounding the impact of the Norman Conquest and the historiography of English saints, as well as an authoritative account of the response of one abbey to the events of 1066 and the development of St Edmund's cult.
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