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English Episcopal Acta
Christopher Harper-Bill
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Description for English Episcopal Acta
Volumes 40 and 41 together contain 375 charters and letters from bishops of Norwich in the thirteenth century. There is a substantial introduction to the bishops and the background to the documents and scholarly notes. The volumes complete the diocese of Norwich as part of the English Episcopal Acta project. Series: English Episcopal Acta. Num Pages: 194 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCC7; HRCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
These volumes are part of the English Episcopal Acta project, designed to edit all documents issued by bishops in England from the Norman Conquest to the advent of Episcopal registers in each individual diocese. These two volumes complete the work for the diocese of Norwich, which included the most heavily populated and richest region of medieval England and contained a very large number of religious houses. The present volumes contain 375 episcopal charters and letters (in addition to 830 published in the previous Norwich volumes). A substantial introduction contains short biographies of the three bishops and details of their household, ... Read more
These volumes are part of the English Episcopal Acta project, designed to edit all documents issued by bishops in England from the Norman Conquest to the advent of Episcopal registers in each individual diocese. These two volumes complete the work for the diocese of Norwich, which included the most heavily populated and richest region of medieval England and contained a very large number of religious houses. The present volumes contain 375 episcopal charters and letters (in addition to 830 published in the previous Norwich volumes). A substantial introduction contains short biographies of the three bishops and details of their household, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Series
English Episcopal Acta
Number of Pages
194
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780197265178
SKU
V9780197265178
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About Christopher Harper-Bill
Fellow of Royal Historical Society and of Society of Antiquaries. Successively lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Professor, St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, 1973-97; Professor of Medieval History, UEA Norwich, 1997-2010; Emeritus Professor and professorial research associate, 2010-present
Reviews for English Episcopal Acta
Harper-Bill provides an illuminating discussion of the diocese, the bishops and their officials, as well as the diplomatic of the acta ... Together the introduction, acta and appendices provide a broad and accessible insight that will be of great interest and help to researchers.
Sophie Ambler, Journal of Ecclesiastical History
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