A History Of Bury St Edmunds

Author : Jocelin (de Brakelond)
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192838957
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chronicle of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds written by Jocelin (de Brakelond) and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English translation for forty years of a medieval classic, offering vivid and unique insight into the life of a great monastery in late twelfth-century England. The translation brilliantly communicates the interest and immediacy of Jocelin's narrative, and the annotation is particularly clear and helpful.

Author : Antonia Gransden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, 1182-1256 written by Antonia Gransden and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definitive history of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds during a crucial period in its history. St Edmund's Abbey was one of the most highly privileged and wealthiest religious houses in medieval England, one closely involved with the central government; its history is an integral part of English history. This book (the first of two volumes) offers a magisterial and comprehensive account of the Abbey during the thirteenth century, based primarily on evidence in the abbey's records [over 40 registers survive]. The careers of the abbots, beginning withthe great Samson, provide the chronological structure; separate chapters study various aspects of their rule, such as their relations with the convent, the abbey's internal and external administration and its relations with itstenants and neighbours, with the king and the central government. Chapters are also devoted to the monks' religious, cultural and intellectual life, to their writings, book collection and archives. Appendices focus on the mid-thirteenth century accounts which give a unique and detailed picture of the organisation and economy of St Edmunds' estates in West Suffolk, and on the abbey's watermills and windmills. Dr ANTONIA GRANSDEN is former Reader atthe University of Nottingham.

Author : Tom Licence
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843839318
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bury St Edmunds and the Norman Conquest written by Tom Licence and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2014 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responses to the impact of the Norman Conquest examined through the wealth of evidence provided by the important abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Bury St Edmunds is noteworthy in so many ways: in preserving the cult and memory of the last East Anglian king, in the richness of its archives, and not least in its role as a mediator of medical texts and studies. All these aspects, and more, are amply illustrated in this collection, by specialists in their fields. The balance of the whole work, and the care taken to place the individual topics in context, has resulted in a satisfying whole, which placesAbbot Baldwin and his abbey squarely in the forefront of eleventh-century politics and society. Professor Ann Williams. The abbey of Bury St Edmunds, by 1100, was an international centre of learning, outstanding for its culting of St Edmund, England's patron saint, who was known through France and Italy as a miracle worker principally, but also as a survivor, who had resisted the Vikings and the invading king Swein and gained strength after 1066. Here we journey into the concerns of his community as it negotiated survival in the Anglo-Norman empire, examining, on the one hand, the roles of leading monks, such as the French physician-abbot Baldwin, and, on the other, the part played by ordinary women of the vill. The abbey of Bury provides an exceptionally rich archive, including annals, historical texts, wills, charters, and medical recipes. The chapters in this volume, written by leading experts, present differing perspectives on Bury's responses to conquest; reflecting the interests of the monks, they cover literature, music, medicine, palaeography, and the history of the region in its European context. DrTom Licence is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History and Director of the Centre of East Anglian Studies at the University of East Anglia. Contributors: Debbie Banham, David Bates, Eric Fernie, Sarah Foot, Michael Gullick, Tom Licence, Henry Parkes, Véronique Thouroude, Elizabeth van Houts, Thomas Waldman, Teresa Webber

Author : Frank Meeres
Publisher : Phillimore
ISBN 13 : 9781860776571
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Bury St Edmunds written by Frank Meeres and published by Phillimore. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bury St. Edmunds has an extraordinary history. The ancient Saxon settlement of Bedricesworth was transformed when the body of Edmund, the martyred King of the East Saxons, was brought to the town in the early 10th century. Around his tomb grew one of the largest abbeys in England, together with a planned new town, the grid pattern of which still survives. In the Middle Ages, Bury had an importance out of all proportion to its size: Parliaments were held here and many Kings of England were visitors.After the abbey was dissolved, Bury remained the heart of West Suffolk and was formally county town between 1888 and 1974. This new book combines archaeological evidence with documentary research to create a vivid picture of the town at every stage in its development and of the lives of its people; how they made their livings, their health, housing, religion, culture and entertainments. Famous townspeople are discussed, but the emphasis is on the ordinary inhabitant. The story is brought right up to the present day, including the effects on Bury of the great conflicts of the 20th century, in the second half of which it enjoyed rapid growth, with new light industry and tourism supplementing the traditional agriculture-based trades.In this, his seventh book on the history of East Anglia, the author, a professional historian and teacher of local history, has provided a much-needed account of Bury's entire past, richly illustrated and very readable, which will appeal to everyone who knows the place ... one of the most beautiful towns in England.

Author : Richard Yates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History and Antiquities of the Abbey of St. Edmund's Bury written by Richard Yates and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edmund Gillingwater
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Historical and Descriptive Account of St. Edmund's Bury, in the County of Suffolk written by Edmund Gillingwater and published by . This book was released on 1804 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martyn Taylor
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445686163
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Bury St Edmunds written by Martyn Taylor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated description of Bury St Edmund's well-known, and lesser-known, places that have been lost over the years.

Author : Horace Ross Barker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of, and guide to, Bury St. Edmund's written by Horace Ross Barker and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martyn Taylor
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445654172
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A-Z of Bury St Edmunds written by Martyn Taylor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the fascinating history of Bury St Edmunds in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the town's people and places.

Author : Martyn Taylor
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445640791
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secret Bury St Edmunds written by Martyn Taylor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore Bury St Edmunds’ secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.