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Author:   Benjamin Pohl ,  Laura Gathagan
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   13
Weight:   0.795kg
ISBN:  

9789004349933

ISBN 10:   9004349936
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   20 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction  Laura Gathagan and Benjamin Pohl 1 The Foundation and Early History of Le Bec  Jean-Hervé Foulon 2 The Role of the Abbots of Le Bec (1034–1281)  Véronique Gazeau 3 Anselm of Le Bec and Canterbury: Teacher by Word and Example, Following the Footprints of His Ancestors  Sally N. Vaughn 4 Robert of Torigni and Le Bec: The Man and the Myth  Benjamin Pohl 5 The Writing of History at Le Bec  Elisabeth van Houts 6 Manuscripts and Book Production at Le Bec  Jenny Weston 7 The Monastic Library at Le Bec  Laura Cleaver 8 Theology at Le Bec  Giles Gasper 9 Custom and Identity at Le Bec  Steven Vanderputten 10 Education and Schooling at Le Bec: A Case Study of Le Bec’s Florilegia  Elizabeth Kuhl 11 The Use of Space and the Religious Life at Le Bec  Leonie V. Hicks 12 Medical Knowledge and Practice at Le Bec (c.1050–c.1300)  Elma Brenner 13 The Ecclesiastical Patrons of Le Bec  Richard Allen 14 The Monks of Le Bec and Their Benefactors: The Nature and Meaning of Religious Patronage  Julie Potter Bibliography Index

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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).

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