The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey

Essays in Honour of the Ninetieth Birthday of C.A.Ralegh Radford
Erscheinungsjahr 1991
ISBN: 978-0-85115-284-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 361 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 685 g

Discussion of site and buildings, books and manuscripts, cultural life and traditions, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon period to the later middle ages.

Glastonbury Abbey was one of the great cultural centres of Anglo-Saxon and medieval England, yet this is the first volume of scholarly essays to be devoted to the subject. Written in honour of C. A. Ralegh Radford, the first itemsare concerned with the physical remains of the abbey, ranging from the place of Glastonbury in the development of Christianity in Somerset to specific examinations of surviving monastic buildings. The main body of the essays explores documents relating to the abbey for evidence of its history and traditions, including the earliest Anglo-Saxon period, pre-conquest abbots, and links with the Celtic world. The final section deals with the cultural life of the abbey: Glastonbury's role in education is discussed and the concluding essay deals with the most magical of all Glastonbury legends - its link with Joseph of Arimathea and the Grail.

Contributors: PHILIP RAHTZ, MICHAEL D. COSTEN, C.J. BOND, J.B. WELLER, ROBERT W. DUNNING, LESLEY ABRAMS, JAMES P. CARLEY, ANN DOOLEY, SARAH FOOT, DAVID THORNTON, RICHARD SHARPE, JULIA CRICK, OLIVER J.PADEL, MATTHEW BLOWS, CHARLES T. WOOD, NICHOLAS ORME, CERIDWENLLOYD-MORGAN, FELICITY RIDDY.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abrams, Lesley

Carley, James P

Weitere Mitwirkende

Watkin, Aelred

Dooley, Ann

Bond, C J

Lloyd-Morgan, Ceridwen

Wood, Charles T

Thornton, David E

Riddy, Felicity

Weller, J B

Carley, James P

Crick, Julia

Abrams, Lesley

Blows, Matthew

Costen, Michael D.

Orme, Nicholas

Padel, Oliver

Rahtz, Philip

Sharpe, Richard

Dunning, Robert W

Foot, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - Aelred Watkin
Pagan and Christian by the Severn Sea - Philip Rahtz
Some Evidence for New Settlements and Field Systems in Late Anglo-Saxon Somerset - Michael D. Costen
The Somerset Barns of Glastonbury Abbey - C J Bond and J B Weller
The Tribunal, Glastonbury, Somerset - Robert W Dunning
A Single-Sheet Facsimile of a Diploma of King Ine for Glastonbury - Lesley Abrams
An Early Irish Fragment of Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae - James Carley and Ann Dooley
Glastonbury's Early Abbots - Sarah Foot
Glastonbury and the Glastening - David E Thornton
Eadmer's Letter to the Monks of Glastonbury Concerning St Dunstan's Disputed Remains - Richard Sharpe
The Marshalling of Antiquity: Glastonbury's Historical Dossier - Julia Crick
Glastonbury's Cornish Connections - Oliver J. Padel
A Glastonbury Obit-List - Matthew Blows
Fraud and its Consequences: Savaric of Bath and the Reform of Glastonbury - Charles T Wood
Glastonbury Abbey and Education - Nicholas Orme
From Ynys Wydrin to Glasynbri: Glastonbury in Welsh Vernacular Tradition - Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan
Glastonbury, Joseph of Arimathea and the Grail in John Hardyng's Chronicle - Felicity Riddy

Über Autor(innen)

Sharpe, Richard
Richard Sharpe FBA (1954-2020) Professor of Diplomatic in the University of Oxford, and President of the Surtees Society from 2002, was one of Britain's most eminent manuscript scholars with over 200 publications before he died. He left unfinished his study of the early deeds of the great Benedictine abbey of St Mary in York, which has been completed in his memory by the society.