Companion to the Abbey of Le Bec in the Central Middle Ages (11th–13th Centuries)

Benjamin Pohl, Ph.D, is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Bristol. He has published widely on Anglo-Norman history, manuscript studies, monastic culture, and cultural memory, including his monograph Dudo of Saint-Quentin’s Historia Normannorum: Tradition, Innovation and Memory (2015).Laura L. Gathagan, Ph.D, is Associate Professor of History at SUNY Cortland. She is editor of the Haskins Society Journal and publishes on Anglo-Norman queenship, female lordship, and gender, including her recent chapter in Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era (2016).

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsList of ContributorsIntroductionLaura Gathagan and Benjamin Pohl1 The Foundation and Early History of Le BecJean-Hervé Foulon2 The Role of the Abbots of Le Bec (1034–1281)Véronique Gazeau3 Anselm of Le Bec and Canterbury: Teacher by Word and Example, Following the Footprints of His AncestorsSally N. Vaughn4 Robert of Torigni and Le Bec: The Man and the MythBenjamin Pohl5 The Writing of History at Le BecElisabeth van Houts6 Manuscripts and Book Production at Le BecJenny Weston7 The Monastic Library at Le BecLaura Cleaver8 Theology at Le BecGiles Gasper9 Custom and Identity at Le BecSteven Vanderputten10 Education and Schooling at Le Bec: A Case Study of Le Bec’s FlorilegiaElizabeth Kuhl11 The Use of Space and the Religious Life at Le BecLeonie V. Hicks12 Medical Knowledge and Practice at Le Bec (c.1050–c.1300)Elma Brenner13 The Ecclesiastical Patrons of Le BecRichard Allen14 The Monks of Le Bec and Their Benefactors: The Nature and Meaning of Religious PatronageJulie PotterBibliographyIndex