Author: ROLLASON, DAVID W., EDITOR; PIPER, A. J., (ALAN J.), EDITOR; ROLLASON, MARGARET, EDITOR; HARVEY, LYNDA, EDITOR
Title: The Durham Liber Vitae and its context / edited by David Rollason, A.J. Piper and Margaret Harvey Lynda Rollason
Description: Woodbridge : Boydell 2004. First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Corners sharp with an overall tight. bright and clean impression. Uncommon in such positive condition. Physical description; xvi. 260 p. : facsim. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical footnotes and index. Series; Regions and regionalism in history. Contents; Pt. 1: The manuscript of the Durham Liber Vitae; The Durham Liber Vitae and Sir Robert Cotton /Colin G.C. Tite. -- The Make-Up of the Liber Vitae : the Codicology of the Manuscript/ Michael Gullick. Pt. 2 : The history and content of the Durham Liber Vitae: The Origins of the Durham Liber Vitae/ Jan Gerchow -- Nothing but Names: the Original Core of the Durham Liber Vitae/ Elizabeth Briggs -- The Scandinavian Personal Names in the later part of the Durham Liber Vitae/John Insley -- Anglo-Norman Names Recorded in the Durham Liber Vitae/John S. Moore -- Scots in the Durham Liber Vitae/ Geoffrey Barrow -- The Names of the Durham Monks/A.J. Piper-- The Late Medieval Non-Monastic Entries in the Durham Liber Vitae/Lynda Rollason. Pt 3: The Durham Liber vitae in context: A Survey of the Early Medieval Confraternity Books from the Continent/Dieter Geunich -- The Liber Vitae of the New Minster. Winchester/Simon Keyes -- Testimonies of the Living Dead: The Martyrology-Necrology and the Necrology in the Chapter Book of Mont-Saint-Michel (Avranches. Bibliothèque municipale. MS 214)/ K. S. B. Keats-Rohan -- The Necrology of the Codex Gigas of Bohemia (Kungliga Biblioteket Stockholm MS A 148)/ Ivan Hlavácek -- How Was a Confraternity Made? The Evidence of Charters/ Arnold Angenendt -- Commemoration and Memorialization in a Yorkshire Context/ Janet Burton -- Books of Brotherhood: Registering Fraternity and Confraternity in Late Medieval England/R.N.Swanson. Summary; The Durham Liber Vitae began in the mid-9th century as a list of several thousand names of people associated with a Northumbrian church. probably Lindisfarne. but possibly Monkwearmouth/Jarrow. From ca. 1100. it was used to record the names of all Durham monks. as well as of many lay people. Family groups also appear. especially the families of the last monks before Henry VIII dissolved the cathedral monastery in 1539. The Durham Liber Vitae (London. British Library. MS Cotton Domitian A. vii) is one of seven surviving libri memoriales from the Carolingian period. and the only English example of its date. The book. which has been notably little studied. contains several thousand names of persons associated with a Northumbrian church. probably Lindisfarne. but possibly Monkwearmouth/Jarrow. From around 1100. it was used to record the names of all Durham monks. as well as of many lay people; family groups also appear. especially the families of the last monks before Henry VIII dissolved the cathedral monastery in 1539. It casts considerable light on how the church interacted with contemporary lay and ecclesiastical society and in the process illuminates the basis of the church's position and its role in defining related communities and regions. Studies cover all aspects of the manuscript. its content and its context. Contributors: ARNOLD ANGENENDT. GEOFFREY BARROW. ELIZABETH BRIGGS. JANET BURTON. JAN GERCHOW. DIETER GEUENICH. MICHAEL GULLICK. IVAN HLAVACEK. K.S.B. KEATS-ROHAN. SIMON KEYNES. JOHN S. MOORE. A.J. PIPER. LYNDA ROLLASON. R.N. SWANSON. COLIN C.G. TITE. Subjects; Durham Cathedral. — Liber vitae. Catholic Church. Diocese of Durham (England) — History — Sources. Catholic Church. Diocese of Durham — History — Sources. Catholic Church. Diocese of Durham — Studies. Durham Cathedral — Biography. Durham Cathedral — Archival resources. Catholic Church. Diocese of Durham. British Library. — Manuscript. Cotton Domitian vii. Durham Liber vitae. Monasticism and religious orders — England — Northumbria (Region) — History — Middle Ages. 600-1500 — Sources. Scriptoria — England — Northumbria (Region) — History — Sources. Manuscripts. Medieval — England — Northumbria (Region). Manuscripts. Medieval — England — Northumbria. Scriptoria — England — Northumbria — History — Sources. Monasticism and religious orders — England — Northumbria — History — Middle Ages. 600-1500 — Sources. Scriptoria — England. Manuscripts. Latin. Manuscripts — Great Britain. Manuscripts — Anglo-Saxon. Manuscripts — Medieval. Monasteries — Great Britain. Necrologies. Northumbria (England : Region) — History — Sources. Northumbria (England : Region) — Genealogy — Sources. Northumbria (England : Region) — Church history — Sources. Northumbria (England : Region) — Genealogy. Northumbria — History — Sources. Northumbria — Genealogy — Sources. Northumbria — Church history — Sources. Northumberland (England) — Church history — Sources. Durham. church history. personal names. palaeography. documents. Literary studies: classical. early & medieval ; Christian institutions & organizations ; Christianity ; History of religion ; British & Irish history ; World history: c 500 to C 1500 ; Genealogy. heraldry. names and honours ; Palaeography (history of writing). Durham ; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE ; c 1000 CE to c 1500. ART / History / General. Monasticism and religious orders - England - Northumbria (Region) - History - Middle Ages. 600-1500. Genre; Illustrated. Manuscripts - Editions of. ISBN: 1843830604. Weight in Kg appr.:

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