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Bury St. Edmunds and the Norman Conquest by Tom Licence; David Bates; Dr Debby Banham; Elisabeth M.C. van Houts; Henry Parkes; Michael Gullick; Sarah Foot; Tessa Webber; Thomas Waldman; Vronique Thouroude is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Responses to the impact of the Norman Conquest examined through the wealth of evidence provided by the important abbey of Bury St Edmunds.Bury St Edmunds is noteworthy in so many ways: in preserving the cult and memory of the last East Anglian king, in the richness of its archives, and not least in its role as a mediator of medical texts and studies. All these aspects, and more, are amply illustrated in this collection, by specialists in their fields. The balance of the whole work, and the care taken to place the individual topics in context, has resulted in a satisfying whole, which placesAbbot Baldwin and his abbey squarely in the forefront of eleventh-century politics and society. Professor Ann Williams. The abbey of Bury St Edmunds, by 1100, was an international centre of learning, outstanding for its culting of St Edmund, England's patron saint, who was known through France and Italy as a miracle worker principally, but also as a survivor, who had resisted the Vikings and the invading king Swein and gained strength after 1066. Here we journey into the concerns of his community as it negotiated survival in the Anglo-Norman empire, examining, on the one hand, the roles of leadin
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- Author
- Tom Licence; David Bates; Dr Debby Banham; Elisabeth M.C. van Houts; Henry Parkes; Michael Gullick; Sarah Foot; Tessa Webber; Thomas Waldman; Vronique Thouroude
- Publisher
- The Boydell Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781843839316
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Philosophy, Christian
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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