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Cathedrals, Communities and Conflict in the Anglo-Norman World (Studies in the History of Medieval Religion) (Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 38) by Paul Dalton & Charles Insley & Louise J. Wilkinson [Dalton, Paul & Insley, Charles & Wilkinson, Louise J.] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The true importance of cathedrals during the Anglo-Norman period is here brought out, through an examination of the most important aspects of their history. Cathedrals dominated the ecclesiastical (and physical) landscape of the British Isles and Normandy in the middle ages; yet, in comparison with the history of monasteries, theirs has received significantly less attention. This volume helps to redress the balance by examining major themes in their development between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. These include the composition, life, corporate identity and memory of cathedral communities; the relationships, sometimes supportive, sometimes conflicting, that they had with kings (e.g. King John), aristocracies, and neighbouring urban and religious communities; the importance of cathedrals as centres of lordship and patronage; their role in promoting and utilizing saints' cults (e.g. that of St Thomas Becket); episcopal relations; and the involvement of cathedrals in religious and political conflicts, and in the settlement of disputes. A critical introduction locates medieval cathedrals in space and time, and against a backdrop of wider ecclesiastical change in the period. Co

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Author

Paul Dalton & Charles Insley & Louise J. Wilkinson [Dalton, Paul & Insley, Charles & Wilkinson, Louise J.]

Publisher

The Boydell Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781843836209

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Art, Christian