Anglo-Norman Durham 1093-1193 [Paperback]

Impressive... the cumulative effect [of these papers] is very great indeed. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY This study of Anglo-Norman Durham's history, architecture, art, and religious and literary culture covers much ground, including the Cathedral Priory and its relationship to monastic reform; the careers of the prince bishops; studies of the spectacular castle; the relationship between Durham and the Scottish kings; the architecture of the cathedral; and Durham manuscripts and texts, featuring historical compilations and the remarkable Old English poem De situ Dunelmi. Contributors: DONALD MATTHEW, JULIA BARROW, JANET BURTON, MERYL FOSTER, VICTORIA TUDOR, MICHAEL GULLICK, ALAN PIPER, DAVID BATES, MARK PHILPOTT, ERIC CAMBRIDGE, MALCOLM THURLBY, J. PHILIP McALEER, S.A. HARRISON, JOHN CROOK, THOMAS E. RUSSO, E.C. FERNIE, WILLIAM AIRD, J.O. PRESTWICH, G.W.S. BARROW, VALERIE WALL, PAUL DALTON, ALAN YOUNG, HENRY SUMMERSON, MARTIN ALLEN, P.D.A. HARVEY, MARTIN LEYLAND, M.W. THOMPSON, BERNARD MEEHAN, CHRISTOPHER NORTON, ANNE LAWRENCE, DOMINIC MARNER, DAVID HOWLETTImpressive... for many readers of these papers their cumulative effect will be very great indeed... Admirable collaborative volume. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY Specialists explore the influence of twelfth-century Durham, in ecclesiastical affairs, Border politics, architecture, art, and religious and literary culture.IntroductionDurham and the Anglo-Norman World - Donald MatthewEnglish Cathedral Communities and Reform in the Late Tenth and the Eleventh Centuries - Julia BarrowThe Monastic Revival in Yorkshire: Whitby and St Mary's, York - Janet BurtonCustodians of St Cuthbert: The Durham Monks' Views of their Predecessors, 1083-c.1200 - Meryl FosterDurham Priory and its Hermits in the Twelfth Century - Victoria TudorThe Durham Cantor's Book [Durham, Dean and Chapter Library, MS B.IV.24] - Alan J PiperThe Scribes of the Durham Cantor's Book [Durham, Dean and Chapter Library, MS B.IV.24] and the DurhalcO