English Episcopal Acta VI: Norwich - Hardcover

Harper-Bill, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197260918 ISBN 13: 9780197260913

Publisher: British Academy, 2012

Synopsis

The 400-plus acta recorded in this volume, 170 of which have never been printed before, form an important archive for the study of the seven bishops that presided in the period from 1070-1214. Harper-Bill includes an introduction that briefly discusses the careers of the bishops, their familia, and the contents of the acta and matters of diplomatic interest; and appendices that list references to acts possibly recorded in written instruments and to the bishops' itineraries.

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Synopsis:

Given the relative paucity of chronicle evidence for this East Anglian see (which finally settled in Norwich at the end of the 11th century), the 400-plus acta recorded in this volume form an important archive for the study of the seven bishops who presided in this period. Of these acta, 170 have never been printed before. An introduction deals briefly with the careers of the bishops, their familia, the content of the acta and matters of diplomatic interest, and appendices list references to acts possibly recorded in written instruments and known details of the bishops' itineraries. The documents themselves provide important evidence for the development of episcopal administration in the 12th century. The matters treated include the foundation and endowment of monasteries, the multiplication of parish churches and chapels and episcopal supervision of the cure of souls, the management of the bishops' estate and their judicial activities. The collection as a whole reveals increasingly effective episcopal control of a large and populous diocese.

About this edition

• Publisher: British Academy
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0197260918
• ISBN 13: 9780197260913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 527