Cox The Church and Vale of Evesham, 700-1215

Lordship, Landscape and Prayer
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78204-640-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 44, 248 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion

A comprehensive account of the abbey of Evesham and its surroundings, demonstrating its full significance in the wider history of the time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cox, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Religiöse Institutionen & Gemeinschaften, Klerus, Mönchstum

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Æthelred and Ecgwine
A land of promise
A waiting people
Ecgwine and the first abbots
Decay and revival
On the defensive
Abbot Ælfweard and King Cnut
Abbot Manni, the town, and the Vale
Abbot Æthelwig
A new regime
God's work
The estates under threat
Protecting the future
Interested parties
Order and governance
Economic realities
Investment
Worship
Learning and writing
Religious buildings
Collapse and renewal
Afterword
Appendix
Select bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Cox David:
DAVID COX, PhD, FSA, was formerly Editor of the Victoria History of Shropshire and Lecturer in History at Keele University, UK.