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This three-volume work describes the origin, flowering and decline of one particular monastic school during the 50 years which followed the reception into England of the Benedictine reformation which had swept Northern Europe during the middle years of the tenth century.

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Author:   Ctril Hart
Publisher:   The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Imprint:   Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   17
ISBN:  

9780773468863

ISBN 10:   0773468862
Pages:   692
Publication Date:   01 February 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

page; Preface vii; Introduction and Acknowledgements ix; List of Maps and Figures xv; List of Appendices xvii; Part I: The Ramsey Mission; chapter; 1 The Foundation of Ramsey Abbey. 1; 2 Liturgy at Ramsey. 35; 3 Ramsey and Dorchester. 47; 4 The Norwegian Mission. 59; Part II: The Evolution Of The Curriculum; 5 The English Curriculum: Archbishop Oswald of York. 77; 6 The Continental Curriculum: Abbo of Fleury. 93; 7 The Combined Curriculum: Archbishop Wulfstan II of York. 113; Part III: The Old English Chronicles; 8 Annals and Chronicles at Ramsey. 137; 9 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: the B text. 165; 10 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Genesis of the C text. 227; 11 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Genesis of the D and E texts. 267; Part IV: The Latin Chronicles; 12 The East Anglian Chronicle. 307; 13 The Worcester Historical Compendium. 341; 14 The Worcester Latin Chronicle. 361; 15 Aethelweard's Chronicle. 411; 16 Annals of the Adventus Saxonum. 443; 17 Byrhtferth's Northumbrian Chronicle. 473; 18 The Ramsey House Chronicle. 563; Bibliography and Abbreviations 573; List of Charters quoted 605; List of Manuscripts quoted 607; Index of Personal Names 611; Index of Place-Names 631; Index of Subjects 651

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