Sims-Williams The Book of Llandaf as a Historical Source

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78744-537-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 38, 229 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Celtic History

Revisionist approach to the question of the authenticity - or not - of the documents in the Book of Llandaf.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sims-Williams, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
The Book of Llandaf and the early Welsh charter
The origin of the Llandaf claims
The charters in the Book of Llandaf: forgeries or recensions?
The authenticity of the witness lists
The integrity of the charters
The chronology of the charters
The status of the donors and recipients of the charters
The fake diplomatic of the Book of Llandaf
The Book of Llandaf: first edition or seventh enlarged revision?
A new approach to the compilation of the Book of Llandaf
The evidence of the doublets
The Book of Llandaf as an indicator of social and economic change
The royal genealogical framework
The episcopal framework
Afterword
Appendix I: Concordance and chart showing the paginal and chronological order of the charters
Appendix II: Maps of grants to bishops
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Sims-Williams Patrick:
Patrick Sims-Williams is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy; he was formerly Reader in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge and Professor of Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth University.