| The Cartulary of the Augustinian Friars of Clare Contributor(s): Harper-Bill, Christopher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0851152953 ISBN-13: 9780851152950 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 271.404 |
| LCCN: 91017440 |
| Series: Suffolk Charters |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (0.90 lbs) 153 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Augustinian friary of Clare is one of the very few medieval religious houses to have been re-occupied, in the present century, by its original inhabitants. This late medieval cartulary contains a multitude of deeds relating toClare and its immediate neighbourhood recording the endowment of the friary in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by the countess Matilda and numerous local inhabitants. The text is presented in the form of a full English calendar, with notes and an introduction.CHRISTOPHER HARPER-BILL is principal lecturer in history, St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill. He is general editor of Boydell & Brewer's new series, Studies in History of the Medieval Church', following the death of R. ALLEN BROWNhe has also assumed the editorship of the Suffolk Charters Series. He has edited several volumes of records of the medieval church.[East Anglian] The late medieval cartulary of the Augustinian friary of Clare -one of the very few medieval religious houses to have been re-occupied, in the present century, by its original inhabitants -contains a multitude of deeds relating to Clare and its immediateneighbourhood, recording the endowment of the friary in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by the countess Matilda and numerous local inhabitants. Of wider interest are documents relating to the furnishing of a chapel, violation of the right of sanctuary, indulgences and the friars' library and begging limits. The text is presented in the form of a full English calendar, with notes and an introduction.CHRISTOPHER HARPER-BILLis principal lecturer in history, St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill. He is general editor of Boydell & Brewer's new series, Studies in History of the Medieval Church'; following the death of R. ALLEN BROWNhe has also assumed the editorship of the Suffolk Charters Series. He has edited several volumes of records of the medieval church. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harper-Bill, Christopher: - Christopher Harper-Bill is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia. |