Lincoln Readings of Texts, Materials, and Contexts

Graham Barrett is Senior Lecturer in Late Antiquity, University of Lincoln, studying Latin in early medieval Iberia.Louise J. Wilkinson is Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Lincoln, studying women in later medieval England.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: “Introducing Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources: A Statement of Purpose,” by Graham Barrett and Louise J. WilkinsonPart I: Textual Strategies in Late AntiquityChapter 1: “Problematic Clergymen, Pointed Ceremonials, and Imperial Anxieties: Justin I’s Letter to Hypatius (ACO4.1:199–200) Reconsidered,” by Michael WukChapter 2: “Succession Crises in Sixth-Century Iberia: Dead Bishops, Greedy Clerics, and the Council of Valencia in 546,” by Marta Szada and Jamie WoodChapter 3: “The Scholion on Dionysios of Thrace and the Origins of the Greek Alphabet,” by Giustina MontiPart II: Records and the Practice of PowerChapter 4: “Protecting the Mauduit Patrimony: Suits and Disputes in Thirteenth-Century Rutland,” by Robert PortassChapter 5: “The Charters, Letters, and Seal of Lady Nicholaa de la Haye (d. 1230), Lord, Castellan, and Sheriff,” by Louise J. WilkinsonChapter 6: “Dei gratia Ierosolimorum regina: Articulating the Proprietary Queen of Jerusalem’s Rulership in Solemn Royal Documents,” by Anaïs WaagPart III: Behind and Beyond the WrittenChapter 7: “Ordeal by Innocents: The Law and Liturgy of Trial by Water in Early Medieval Iberia,” by Graham BarrettChapter 8: “A Now-Lost Fourteenth-Century Aisled Base-Cruck Building at Ketsby House Farm, Lincolnshire, and its Context,” by Mark Gardiner and Jenne PapeChapter 9: “I am Sailing: A Brief Catalogue of Mayflower Materials in Lincoln Cathedral’s Wren Library,” Anna Marie Roos