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Author:   Antonia Gransden
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 31
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.756kg
ISBN:  

9781843833246

ISBN 10:   1843833247
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   06 December 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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 government 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 Samson's death and burial The vacancy, 1211-1215, and election of Hugh of Northwold The Abbots 1215-1256 Observance of the Rule of St Benedict Learning Books Buildings St Edmunds' liberties and the crown Henry III and the cult of St Edmund Abbreviations and Select bibliography Index

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There is much to admire.There are, for example, fascinating details on such topics as bells and bell-ringing; the monks'employment of minstrels,water clocks, windmills and ruby rings; the cult and profits of the Bury saints; the problems that arose from allowing Cistercians to legislate on the diet of unreformed Benedictine monks; and a whole host of other such things. No one knows the Bury source materials better than Gransden. Few people have done more to broadcast their significance. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW A substantial, beautifully illustrated, and weighty book. SPECULUM Here at last is the modern study (the abbey) deserves, the fruit of half a century of Antonia Gransden's meticulous scholarship. (...) The history of medieval Suffolk is flourishing, much of it published by the Boydell Press which has produced a superb volume which is as pleasing to handle as it is absorbing to read. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORYThis is a volume rich in detail and interest, and monastic historians have cause to be grateful to Dr Gransden. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW This is a profound work of scholarship that will become indispensable reading for all serious students of English monasticism in the thirteenth century. (...) The book is beautifully produced and has excellent maps and illustrations. NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES An interesting and insightful history. A significant book which sheds light on an important thirteenth-century abbey. A significant and readable book and an outstanding contribution to monastic history. AMERICAN BENEDICTINE REVIEW Antonia Gransden's magisterial study breathes new life into the study of Bury St Edmunds and opens up many areas of interest. DOWNSIDE REVIEW A fascinating and clearly written book. (...) Makes good reading for anyone who enjoys English medieval history at both national and local level. SUFFOLK INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY NEWSLETTERThis volume is important both for the medieval abbey of Bury St Edmunds, and for medieval Benedictinism in general. In particular, its analysis of and commentary on the sources present much original material and ideas, and the whole is an important guide to the very extensive survivals from the medieval abbey. THE LOCAL HISTORIAN

A fascinating and clearly written book. (...) Makes good reading for anyone who enjoys English medieval history at both national and local level. SUFFOLK INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY NEWSLETTER

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