Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey

Essays in Honour of the ninetieth birthday of C.A.Ralegh Radford

Inbunden, Engelska, 1991

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Discussion of site and buildings, books and manuscripts, cultural life and traditions, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon period to the later middle ages.Glastonbury Abbey was one of the great cultural centres of Anglo-Saxon and medieval England, yet this is the first volume of scholarly essays to be devoted to the subject. Written in honour of C. A. Ralegh Radford, the first itemsare concerned with the physical remains of the abbey, ranging from the place of Glastonbury in the development of Christianity in Somerset to specific examinations of surviving monastic buildings. The main body of the essays explores documents relating to the abbey for evidence of its history and traditions, including the earliest Anglo-Saxon period, pre-conquest abbots, and links with the Celtic world. The final section deals with the cultural life of the abbey: Glastonbury's role in education is discussed and the concluding essay deals with the most magical of all Glastonbury legends - its link with Joseph of Arimathea and the Grail.Contributors: PHILIP RAHTZ, MICHAEL D. COSTEN, C.J. BOND, J.B. WELLER, ROBERT W. DUNNING, LESLEY ABRAMS, JAMES P. CARLEY, ANN DOOLEY, SARAH FOOT, DAVID THORNTON, RICHARD SHARPE, JULIA CRICK, OLIVER J.PADEL, MATTHEW BLOWS, CHARLES T. WOOD, NICHOLAS ORME, CERIDWENLLOYD-MORGAN, FELICITY RIDDY.

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Utgivningsdatum:1991-07-18
Mått:156 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt:708 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:361
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780851152844

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Richard Sharpe FBA (1954-2020) Professor of Diplomatic in the University of Oxford, and President of the Surtees Society from 2002, was one of Britain's most eminent manuscript scholars with over 200 publications before he died. He left unfinished his study of the early deeds of the great Benedictine abbey of St Mary in York, which has been completed in his memory by the society.

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A festschrift of considerable thematic integrity, by the meticulous and original scholarship of its contributors, and by an exceptionally high standard of production... a distinguished body of scholarship which sheds light on many aspects of medieval history.

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Preface - Aelred WatkinPagan and Christian by the Severn Sea - Philip RahtzSome Evidence for New Settlements and Field Systems in Late Anglo-Saxon Somerset - Michael D. CostenThe Somerset Barns of Glastonbury Abbey - C J Bond and J B WellerThe Tribunal, Glastonbury, Somerset - Robert W DunningA Single-Sheet Facsimile of a Diploma of King Ine for Glastonbury - Lesley AbramsAn Early Irish Fragment of Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae - James Carley and Ann DooleyGlastonbury's Early Abbots - Sarah FootGlastonbury and the Glastening - David E ThorntonEadmer's Letter to the Monks of Glastonbury Concerning St Dunstan's Disputed Remains - Richard SharpeThe Marshalling of Antiquity: Glastonbury's Historical Dossier - Julia CrickGlastonbury's Cornish Connections - Oliver J. PadelA Glastonbury Obit-List - Matthew BlowsFraud and its Consequences: Savaric of Bath and the Reform of Glastonbury - Charles T WoodGlastonbury Abbey and Education - Nicholas OrmeFrom Ynys Wydrin to Glasynbri: Glastonbury in Welsh Vernacular Tradition - Ceridwen Lloyd-MorganGlastonbury, Joseph of Arimathea and the Grail in John Hardyng's Chronicle - Felicity Riddy