This long-awaited study of the early acta of the bishops of Worcester includes full editions of the surviving documents of eight bishops, from the saintly Wulfstan to the future archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin. The 265 documents or references to lost acta, include indulgences, confirmations and grants, settlements of disputes and some of the earliest surviving inspeximuses. Accompanying the documents is a comprehensive introduction, providing brief biographies of the bishops as well as considerations of their households and of the diplomatic of their documents.
Reviews
This is a very useful and well-edited collaborative volume on which its editors must be warmly congratulated * Francesca Tinti, The English Historical Review *
Offering fresh insights into this formative period of English history, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of ecclesiastical, medieval and local history. * Spartacus Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9780197264188
Author Mary Cheney
Format Hardback
Page Count 300
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 635g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 162mm * 22mm