Overview
Property and Piety comprises an edition and translation, with extensive commentary, of thirty-three Anglo-Saxon and Norman documents relating to the topography and minsters of early medieval Winchester. These texts record the physical effects on the city of the foundation and expansion of the three neighbouring minsters, and also of the removal of the New Minster to Hyde in about 1110. They record political, religious, and cultural aspects of the tenth-century reform of Benedictine monasticism, of which Winchester was a leading centre. The splendid New Minster refoundation charter, composed by Bishop AEthelwold and granted by King Edgar in 966, is here translated for the first time. A full examination is also made of the old minster confirmation charter, probably fabricated in the reign of AEthelred. The volume also includes all Anglo-Saxon grants of land within Winchester and a reappraisal of the evidence for the beneficial hidation of the surrounding estate of Chilcomb. This volume is part of a three-book study in the Winchester Studies series of the Anglo-Saxon Minsters of Winchester, including 4.i, The Anglo-Saxon Minsters by Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjolbye-Biddle, and 4.ii, The Cult of St Swithun by Michael Lapidge.
Full Product Details
Author: Alexander R. Rumble
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Volume: 4.iii
Dimensions:
Width: 21.90cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 27.60cm
Weight: 1.200kg
ISBN: 9780198134138
ISBN 10: 0198134134
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 01 December 2002
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
...lavishly-produced volume John Blair, The English Historical Review ... very user-friendly ... a pleasure to use and consult. Archaeological Journal Dr Rumble's labours have attained a level of perfection that is difficult to achieve and that ought to be widely available as a superlative model for the rest of us. Journal of the Society of Archivists ... edited and produced to the highest standards ... a worthy addition to the series of Winchester Studies. The texts are full of fascinating details, brilliantly elucidated by the editor. Historians of the early medieval city owe a debt of gratitude to Dr Rumble and Oxford University Press for the clear presentation, both in translation and the original, of these important documents. Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society Newsletter ... further magnificent number in the series of Winchester studies. The Journal of Theological Studies Translates for the first time the New Minster refoundation charter. Hampshire Chronicle
