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This detailed account of Roger, Bishop of Worcester (1164-1179), a man considered to be one of the great lumnaries of the English church, offers fresh insight into the history of the Church in the twelfth century; its relations with king and pope; and the conflict of Archbishop Thomas Beckett with King Henry II.
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Originally published in 1926, this book presents the content of 102 rolls preserved among the archives of the City of London, roughly covering the period between 1323 and 1364. Written during an important period of the City's development, they throw considerable light on municipal law and legal custom. Detailed notes are incorporated throughout, together with indexes of names, places and subjects. A comprehensive editorial introduction is also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of London and the development of the English legal system.
This is the first detailed comparative study of patronage as an instrument of power in the relations between kings and bishops in England and Normandy after the Conquest. Esteemed medievalist Everett U. Crosby considers new perspectives of medieval state-building and the vexed relations between secular and ecclesiastical authority.
The aim of the volume is to bring together the latest research on the importance of bishops’ palaces for social and political history, landscape history, architectural history and archaeology. It is structured in three sections: design and function, landscape and urban context, and architectural form and includes contributions from the late Antique period through to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, considering bishops’ residences in England, Scotland, Wales, the Byzantine Empire, France, and Italy.
This is the third volume of a complete translation of The Chronicle of John of Worcester, an important source of early English history.
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