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Ely: Bishops and Diocese, 1109-2009
Peter Meadows (Ed.)
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Despite its size, Ely has always been one of the most wealthy and important dioceses in the country. The essays here focus on the careers of its bishops, with additional chapters on its buildings and holdings. The diocese of Ely, formed out of the huge diocese of Lincoln, was established in 1109 in St Etheldreda's Isle of Ely, and the ancient Abbey became Ely Cathedral Priory. Covering at first only the Isle and Cambridgeshire, it grewimmensely in 1837 with the addition of Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire and West Suffolk. The latter two counties left the diocese in 1914, but a substantial ... Read more
Despite its size, Ely has always been one of the most wealthy and important dioceses in the country. The essays here focus on the careers of its bishops, with additional chapters on its buildings and holdings. The diocese of Ely, formed out of the huge diocese of Lincoln, was established in 1109 in St Etheldreda's Isle of Ely, and the ancient Abbey became Ely Cathedral Priory. Covering at first only the Isle and Cambridgeshire, it grewimmensely in 1837 with the addition of Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire and West Suffolk. The latter two counties left the diocese in 1914, but a substantial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
Number of Pages
406
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843835400
SKU
V9781843835400
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About Peter Meadows (Ed.)
NICHOLAS KARN is Associate Professor of History in the University of Southampton. NICHOLAS VINCENT is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British Academy
Reviews for Ely: Bishops and Diocese, 1109-2009
The administrative and political histories of the diocese set out in these chapters will make the book remarkably useful.
JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
A fine contribution and it is likely to prove an enduring one.
ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL
JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
A fine contribution and it is likely to prove an enduring one.
ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL