{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-matthew-paris-paperback-softback-9781108461764","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Matthew Paris (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108461764","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Matthew Paris\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA new, interdisciplinary and cutting-edge account of Matthew Paris' life, writing, art and craftwork and their legacy in European culture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames G. Clark (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108461764, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 January 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e454 pages\u003cbr\u003e27 x 18 x 2 cm, 0.652 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Cambridge Companion to Matthew Paris is a wonderful compendium of studies summarizing the scholarship on an extraordinary monk, who was a hagiographer, chronicler, artist and commentator on the perils of the times in England and abroad. The editor has brought together a remarkable team of junior and senior scholars in assembling this collection, and his own contributions (as well as those of a number of others) are notable not merely for their erudition but for their engaging style.' William Chester Jordan, Princeton University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMatthew Paris is one of the most remarkable and renowned figures in the cultural history of medieval England. A career-monk at the influential Benedictine abbey of St Albans, Paris' creative work bears witness to the rich intellectual, artistic, social and political environment of the monasteries and their lasting impact on the wider world. His compelling accounts of recent history and the lives of legendary saints and churchmen are a distinctive and valuable guide to the emergence of the English kingdom and its place in European Christendom. His accomplished and vivid artwork brings into focus both the craft skill and visual sensibility stimulated by the medieval Church. This systematic survey, the first published for almost seventy years, brings together expert scholarship and offers fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives on Paris', his life's work as writer, artist, cartographer and maker of manuscript books, and its enduring legacy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: the making of Matthew Paris James Clark\u003cbr\u003e 2. Matthew Paris and the Chronica maiora: chronology, truth and the crisis of 1258 David Carpenter\u003cbr\u003e 3. Matthew Paris and the Plantagenet regime James Clark\u003cbr\u003e 4. Matthew Paris, Europe \u0026amp; Christendom Bjorn Weiler\u003cbr\u003e 5. Matthew Paris and the secular church Philippa Hoskin\u003cbr\u003e 6. Matthew Paris and the British Isles Andy King\u003cbr\u003e 7. Matthew Paris' pictorial life of St Alban Kathryn Gerry\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Becket Leaves Cecily Hennessy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Manuscript design in production and transmission Jessica Coatesworth\u003cbr\u003e 10. Matthew Paris and heraldry Adrian Ailes\u003cbr\u003e 11. Matthew Paris and his maps Paul Harvey\u003cbr\u003e 12. Matthew Paris as scribe: idiosyncrasy and collaboration Manuel Muñoz Garcia\u003cbr\u003e 13. The vernacular culture of Matthew Paris Marianne Ailes\u003cbr\u003e 14. Afterlife James Clark\u003cbr\u003e 15. Matthew Paris' manuscripts: working books and artefacts in medieval and early modern collections Andrew Dunning\u003cbr\u003e 16. Digitising Matthew Paris: challenges, processes and outcomes Estelle Gittins, Alison Ray, Caroline Harding and Claire McNulty\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460647383320,"sku":"9781108461764","price":25.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108461764i.jpg?v=1785456737","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-matthew-paris-paperback-softback-9781108461764","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}