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.
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
Download or read book Bury St Edmunds St James Parish Registers Marriages 1562 1800 With preface written by Bury Saint Edmunds (England). St. James parish and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book St Edmund King and Martyr written by Anthony Paul Bale and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cult of St Edmund was one of the most important in medieval England, and further afield, as the pieces here show. St Edmund, king and martyr, supposedly killed by Danes (or "Vikings") in 869, was one of the pre-eminent saints of the middle ages; his cult was favoured and patronised by several English kings and spawned a rich array of visual, literary, musical and political artefacts. Celebrated throughout England, especially at the abbey of Bury St Edmunds, it also inspired separate cults in France, Iceland and Italy. The essays in this collection offer a range of readings from a variety of disciplines - literature, history, music, art history - and of sources - chronicles, poems, theological material - providing an overview of the multi-faceted nature of St Edmund's cult, from the ninthcentury to the early modern period. They demonstrate the openness and dynamism of a medieval saint's cult, showing how the saint's image could be used in many and changing contexts: Edmund's image was bent to various political andpropagandistic ends, often articulating conflicting messages and ideals, negotiating identity, politics and belief. CONTRIBUTORS: ANTHONY BALE, CARL PHELPSTEAD, ALISON FINLAY, PAUL ANTONY HAYWARD, LISA COLTON, REBECCA PINNER, A.S.G. EDWARDS, ALEXANDRA GILLESPIE
Download or read book Memorials of St Edmund s Abbey written by Thomas Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bury St Edmunds St James Parish Registers written by Bury Saint Edmunds (England). St. James parish and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Accounts of the Feoffees of the Town Lands of Bury St Edmunds 1569 1622 written by Margaret Statham and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the absence of borough status and after the winding up of the guilds, the townsmen of Bury St Emunds experiment with town government. In 1569, thirty years after its abbey had been dissolved, the large town of Bury St Edmunds remained unincorporated. These accounts show how the feoffees (still essentially the medieval Candlemas guild) experimented with town government. The pre-Reformation landed endowments were increased throughout the period. This enabled the feoffees to address many aspects of town life. In addition to payments for housing and clothing the poor, and the provision of medical care, they also contributed to the cost of providing clergy (whose theology was akin to their own) for the two town churches. To encourage trade, they built the town's first covered Market Cross, while the acquisition of theShire House enabled the assizes and quarter sessions to move into the town. After the turn of the century, the Charitable Uses Act of 1601 was used to recover land which had long ago been alienated. At the same time some of the up and coming men successfully petitioned for a charter of incorporation for Bury St Edmunds, so that in 1606 the town acquired the borough status which had eluded it for centuries. Unless new sources are discovered, these accounts, though inevitably slanted to the feoffees' activities, are the most revealing source for the work of the new corporation in its early years.
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 168 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.
Download or read book Going Underground Bury St Edmunds written by Martyn Taylor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating illustrated exploration of the underground world and history beneath Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.
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.
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 173 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.
Download or read book Bury St Edmunds Memories written by Martyn Taylor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful postcards, photographs and adverts capture old Bury St Edmunds in all its glory
Download or read book Bury St Edmunds History Tour written by Martyn Taylor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guided tour of the historic town of Bury St Edmunds, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries.
Download or read book Bury St Edmunds in 50 Buildings written by Martyn Taylor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the rich and fascinating history of Bury St Edmunds through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
Download or read book Historie of the church of St Marie Bury St Edmunds written by Samuel Tymms and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bury St Edmunds Through Time Revisited written by Martyn Taylor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With all new images depicting this historic market town, Bury St Edmunds Through Time Revisited will appeal to residents and visitors alike.
