Description
This long-awaited study of the early acta of the bishops of Worcester includes full editions of the surviving documents of eight bishops, from the saintly Wulfstan to the future archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin. The 265 documents or references to lost acta, include indulgences, confirmations and grants, settlements of disputes and some of the earliest surviving inspeximuses. Accompanying the documents is a comprehensive introduction, providing brief biographies of the bishops as well as considerations of their households and of the diplomatic of their documents.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
300 pages
Language
English
Published
Oct 25, 2007
Publisher
The British Academy
ISBN-10
0197264182
ISBN-13
9780197264188