A history of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, 1182-1256 : Samson of Tottington to Edmund of Walpole /: Samson of Tottington to Edmund of Walpole. (2007)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- A history of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, 1182-1256 : Samson of Tottington to Edmund of Walpole /: Samson of Tottington to Edmund of Walpole. (2007)
- Main Title:
- A history of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, 1182-1256 : Samson of Tottington to Edmund of Walpole
- Further Information:
- Note: Antonia Gransden.
- Other Names:
- Gransden, Antonia
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. Samson of Tottington, Abbot 1182-1211. Samson's biographer, Jocelin of Brackland (de Brakelond), and his work -- Samson's early life and career -- Samson's election to the abbacy -- The early years of Samson's abbacy and reform of estate management -- Conflict with the convent -- Relations with the town of Bury St Edmunds -- Samson and secular law -- Samson and the knights of St Edmund -- Relations with the Angevin kings -- Samson and the papacy -- Samson as a builder -- Religious and intellectual life under Samson: The shrine and cult of St Edmund ; Secondary cults at St Edmunds ; Hagiographical writing at St Edmunds : the De Miraculis Sancti Edmundi and other works ; Learned monks and the book collection -- Samson's death and burial -- pt. 2. The Abbey 1212-1256. The vacancy, 1211-1215, and election of Hugh of Northwold -- The abbots 1215-1256: Hugh of Northwold (Hugh II), 1215-1229 ; Richard of the Isle (de Insula, de l'Isle), 1229-1233 ; Henry of Rushbrooke (alias Henry Wodard), 1234-1248 ; Edmund of Walpole, 1248-1256 -- Observance of the Rule of St Benedict: Relaxations of the Rule ; The reform movement -- Learning -- Books -- Buildings -- St Edmunds' liberties and the crown ; Jurisdictional liberties ; The mint -- Henry III and the cult of St Edmund -- Appendix 1 : An inventory of Edmund de Walpole's table-linen and table-ware -- Appendix 2. The story of Edward the Confessor's gift of Mildenhall -- Appendix 3. The abbey's economy in the mid-thirteenth century :Pt. 1. Samson of Tottington, Abbot 1182-1211. Samson's biographer, Jocelin of Brackland (de Brakelond), and his work -- Samson's early life and career -- Samson's election to the abbacy -- The early years of Samson's abbacy and reform of estate management -- Conflict with the convent -- Relations with the town of Bury St Edmunds -- Samson and secular law -- Samson and the knights of St Edmund -- Relations with the Angevin kings -- Samson and the papacy -- Samson as a builder -- Religious and intellectual life under Samson: The shrine and cult of St Edmund ; Secondary cults at St Edmunds ; Hagiographical writing at St Edmunds : the De Miraculis Sancti Edmundi and other works ; Learned monks and the book collection -- Samson's death and burial -- pt. 2. The Abbey 1212-1256. The vacancy, 1211-1215, and election of Hugh of Northwold -- The abbots 1215-1256: Hugh of Northwold (Hugh II), 1215-1229 ; Richard of the Isle (de Insula, de l'Isle), 1229-1233 ; Henry of Rushbrooke (alias Henry Wodard), 1234-1248 ; Edmund of Walpole, 1248-1256 -- Observance of the Rule of St Benedict: Relaxations of the Rule ; The reform movement -- Learning -- Books -- Buildings -- St Edmunds' liberties and the crown ; Jurisdictional liberties ; The mint -- Henry III and the cult of St Edmund -- Appendix 1 : An inventory of Edmund de Walpole's table-linen and table-ware -- Appendix 2. The story of Edward the Confessor's gift of Mildenhall -- Appendix 3. The abbey's economy in the mid-thirteenth century : the accounts in BL MS Harley 645 and related documents -- Appendix 4. St Edmunds' watermills and windmills. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Woodbridge, Sufoflk, UK Rochester, NY, USA : Boydell Press Boydell & Brewer
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xx, 354 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (some color), maps, plans
- Subjects:
- 271.10942644
Abbots -- England -- Bury St. Edmunds
Abbeys -- England -- Bury St. Edmunds -- History -- To 1500
RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations
HISTORY -- Medieval
Abbeys
Abbots
Bury St. Edmunds (England) -- History
Suffolk (England) -- History
England -- Bury St. Edmunds
England -- Suffolk
Electronic books
History
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781846155550
- Related ISBNs:
- 184615555X
9781843833246
1843833247 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-332) and index.
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