English Episcopal Acta 33, Worcester 1062-1185

9780197264188, OUP Oxford

Hardback, published 25 October 2007

300 pages, 4pp b&w plate section
24.2 x 16.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.635 kg

This long-awaited study of the early acta of the bishops of Worcester includes full editions of the surviving documents of eight bishops, from the saintly Wulfstan to the future archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin. The 265 documents or references to lost acta, include indulgences, confirmations and grants, settlements of disputes and some of the earliest surviving inspeximuses. Accompanying the documents is a comprehensive introduction, providing brief biographies of the bishops as well as considerations of their households and of the diplomatic of their documents.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]