Manuscripts in Northumbria in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries (inbunden)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
331
Utgivningsdatum
2002-05-01
Förlag
D.S. Brewer
Illustrationer
73 Line drawings, black and white; 30 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensioner
234 x 156 x 31 mm
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780859917650

Manuscripts in Northumbria in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

av Anne Lawrence-Mathers
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2002-05-01
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In the century after the Norman conquest a new elite came to power in northern England, in the old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria. The processes of assimilation are followed here through a detailed study of the libraries which belonged to the religious institutions of the region and their surviving manuscripts. The changes in the perception and writing of the region's history are discussed together with the production of the manuscripts in which the works survive. Changes in script, illumination and codicology are demonstrated, and discussed as evidence both of new cultural influences and of interaction between the networks of religious houses in the region. The introduction of new religious orders and their interaction with existing cathedrals and monasteries, and the ongoing role of the cults of the region's major saints are given particular attention, using evidence from the surviving manuscripts. ANNE LAWRENCE-MATHERS is Lecturer in History, University of Reading.
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A valuable contribution to its field. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY Fascinating and well-constructed study. BULLETIN CODICOLOGIQUE

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The influence of the past; Durham and the Norman world; manuscript production at Durham in the early 12th century; pictorial narrative and the cult of St Cuthbert - Oxford, University College, MS 165; the Benedictine revival in Northumbria; power and cultural identity - Durham and the anarchy, Durham and its books c.1120-c.1160; the Augustinians and their libraies; the Cistercians and their libraries; readers of Bede - the importance of Bede in the rveival of Northumbrian monasticism; Aelred of Rievaulx; history and regional identity.

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