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Author:   Lesley Abrams ,  James P Carley ,  Aelred Watkin ,  Ann Dooley (Contributor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780851152844

ISBN 10:   0851152848
Pages:   361
Publication Date:   18 July 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface - Aelred Watkin Pagan and Christian by the Severn Sea - Philip Rahtz Some Evidence for New Settlements and Field Systems in Late Anglo-Saxon Somerset - Michael D. Costen The Somerset Barns of Glastonbury Abbey - C J Bond and J B Weller The Tribunal, Glastonbury, Somerset - Robert W Dunning A Single-Sheet Facsimile of a Diploma of King Ine for Glastonbury - Lesley Abrams An Early Irish Fragment of Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae - James Carley and Ann Dooley Glastonbury's Early Abbots - Sarah Foot Glastonbury and the Glastening - David E Thornton Eadmer's Letter to the Monks of Glastonbury Concerning St Dunstan's Disputed Remains - Richard Sharpe The Marshalling of Antiquity: Glastonbury's Historical Dossier - Julia Crick Glastonbury's Cornish Connections - Oliver J. Padel A Glastonbury Obit-List - Matthew Blows Fraud and its Consequences: Savaric of Bath and the Reform of Glastonbury - Charles T Wood Glastonbury Abbey and Education - Nicholas Orme From Ynys Wydrin to Glasynbri: Glastonbury in Welsh Vernacular Tradition - Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan Glastonbury, Joseph of Arimathea and the Grail in John Hardyng's Chronicle - Felicity Riddy

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A festschrift of considerable thematic integrity, by the meticulous and original scholarship of its contributors, and by an exceptionally high standard of production... a distinguished body of scholarship which sheds light on many aspects of medieval history. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY Archaeological and literary research now conveniently brought together... rich fare here for historians, archaeologists and palaeographers alike... a very scholarly, illuminating and interesting publication. BULLETIN CODICOLOGIQUE The historical, diplomatic and interpretative papers make up an attractive collection... This handsome collection of essays serves both to honour the doyen of that colourful area of study, Dark Age Britain, and to remind us that Glastonbury remains as much a challenge as a 20th-century state of mind. THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Sixteen essays grouped undernge as a 20th-century state of mind. THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Sixteen essays grouped under three headings: `Buildings and Archaeology', `Manuscripts a

A festschrift of considerable thematic integrity, by the meticulous and original scholarship of its contributors, and by an exceptionally high standard of production... a distinguished body of scholarship which sheds light on many aspects of medieval history. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORYArchaeological and literary research now conveniently brought together... rich fare here for historians, archaeologists and palaeographers alike... a very scholarly, illuminating and interesting publication. BULLETIN CODICOLOGIQUEThe historical, diplomatic and interpretative papers make up an attractive collection... This handsome collection of essays serves both to honour the doyen of that colourful area of study, Dark Age Britain, and to remind us that Glastonbury remains as much a challenge as a 20th-century state of mind. THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTSixteen essays grouped under three headings: 'Buildings and Archaeology', 'Manuscripts and Texts;, and 'Interpretations' The essays are of a universally high quality. ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL

A festschrift of considerable thematic integrity, by the meticulous and original scholarship of its contributors, and by an exceptionally high standard of production... a distinguished body of scholarship which sheds light on many aspects of medieval history. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY Archaeological and literary research now conveniently brought together... rich fare here for historians, archaeologists and palaeographers alike... a very scholarly, illuminating and interesting publication. BULLETIN CODICOLOGIQUE The historical, diplomatic and interpretative papers make up an attractive collection... This handsome collection of essays serves both to honour the doyen of that colourful area of study, Dark Age Britain, and to remind us that Glastonbury remains as much a challenge as a 20th-century state of mind. THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Sixteen essays grouped under three headings: `Buildings and Archaeology', `Manuscripts and Texts;, and `Interpretations' The essays are of a universally high quality. ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL

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Richard Sharpe FBA (1954-2020) Professor of Diplomatic in the University of Oxford, and President of the Surtees Society from 2002, was one of Britain's most eminent manuscript scholars with over 200 publications before he died. He left unfinished his study of the early deeds of the great Benedictine abbey of St Mary in York, which has been completed in his memory by the society.

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