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History of the Abbey of Evesham

By: Thomas (of Marlborough, Abbot of Evesham)

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History of the Abbey of Evesham

By: Thomas (of Marlborough, Abbot of Evesham)

The 'Evesham History' is one of the last important 13th-century texts to be translated.

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0198204809

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9780198204800

The Secular Clergy in England, 1066-1216

By: Hugh M. Thomas

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The Secular Clergy in England, 1066-1216

By: Hugh M. Thomas

The secular clergy - priests and other clerics outside of monastic orders - were among the most influential and powerful groups in European society during the central Middle Ages. The secular clergy got their title from the Latin word for world, saeculum, and secular clerics kept the Church running in the world beyond the cloister wall, with responsibility for the bulk of pastoral care and ecclesiastical administration. This gave them enormous religious influence, although they were considered too worldly by many contemporary moralists - trying, for instance, to oppose the elimination of clerical marriage and concubinage. Although their worldliness created many tensions, it also gave the secular clergy much worldly influence. Contemporaries treated elite secular clerics as equivalent to knights, and some were as wealthy as minor barons. Secular clerics had a huge role in the rise of royal bureaucracy, one of the key historical developments of the period. They were instrumental to the intellectual and cultural flowering of the twelfth century, the rise of the schools, the creation of the book trade, and the invention of universities. They performed music, produced literature in a variety of genres and languages, and patronized art and architecture. Indeed, this volume argues that they contributed more than any other group to the Twelfth-Century Renaissance. Yet the secular clergy as a group have received almost no attention from scholars, unlike monks, nuns, or secular nobles. In The Secular Clergy in England, 1066-1216, Hugh Thomas aims to correct this deficiency through a major study of the secular clergy below the level of bishop in England from 1066 to 1216.

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OUP Oxford

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0191007013

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9780191007019

THE BOOK OF THOMASES

By: Dr. Thomas Clough Daffern

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THE BOOK OF THOMASES

By: Dr. Thomas Clough Daffern

This book is a unique compilation of thinkers and scholars and interesting intellectuals with the Christian name of Thomas.

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Lulu.com

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0244673764

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9780244673765

History of the Abbey of Evesham

By: Thomas (of Marlborough, Abbot of Evesham)

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The 'Evesham History' is one of the last important 13th-century texts to be translated.

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The Life and Passion of William of Norwich

By: Thomas of Monmouth

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The Life and Passion of William of Norwich

By: Thomas of Monmouth

A fascinating surviving chronicle from 12th-century England which holds a unique and terrible place in the history of anti-Semitism The Life and Passion of William of Norwich gives a remarkable insight into life in a medieval cathedral city, brilliantly capturing the everyday concerns of ordinary people and focussing on the miraculous cures carried out at a shrine. But this was no ordinary shrine; fervent worshippers gathered around the burial-place where they believed that a boy was buried, a boy murdered by the Jews of Norwich. A chilling, highly significant document, The Life and Passion of William of Norwich is, as far as we know, the earliest version of what was to become the 'blood libel' which has haunted Europe ever since. Miri Rubin both superbly translates the book and in her introduction interprets the sequence of events that led to the monk Thomas of Monmouth's appalling narrative. The consequences of his fantasies have been incalculable.

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Penguin UK

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0141970537

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9780141970530

Power and Pleasure

Court Life under King John, 1199-1216

By: Hugh M. Thomas

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Power and Pleasure

Court Life under King John, 1199-1216

By: Hugh M. Thomas

Although King John is remembered for his political and military failures, he also resided over a magnificent court. Power and Pleasure reconstructs life at the court of King John and explores how his court produced both pleasure and soft power. Much work exists on courts of the late medieval and early modern periods, but the jump in record keeping under John allows a detailed reconstruction of court life for an earlier period. Power and Pleasure: Court Life under King John, 1199-1216 examines the many facets of John's court, exploring hunting, feasting, castles, landscapes, material luxury, chivalry, sexual coercion, and religious activities. It explains how John mishandled his use of soft power, just as he failed to exploit his financial and military advantages, and why he received so little political benefit from his magnificent court. John's court is viewed in comparison to other courts of the time, and in previous and subsequent centuries.

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Oxford University Press

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0192523414

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9780192523419

Priests of the Law

Roman Law and the Making of the Common Law's First Professionals

By: Thomas J. McSweeney

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Priests of the Law

Roman Law and the Making of the Common Law's First Professionals

By: Thomas J. McSweeney

This book examines the development of legal professionalism in the early English common law, with specific reference to the 13th-century treatise known as Bracton and to its likely authors.

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0198845456

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The Norman Conquest

England After William the Conqueror

By: Hugh M. Thomas

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The Norman Conquest

England After William the Conqueror

By: Hugh M. Thomas

Exploring the successful Norman invasion of England in 1066, this concise and readable book focuses especially on the often dramatic and enduring changes wrought by William the Conqueror and his followers. From the perspective of a modern social historian, Hugh M. Thomas considers the conquest's wide-ranging impact by taking a fresh look at such traditional themes as the influence of battles and great men on history and assessing how far the shift in ruling dynasty and noble elites affected broader aspects of English history. The author sets the stage by describing English society before the Norman Conquest and recounting the dramatic story of the conquest, including the climactic Battle of Hastings. He then traces the influence of the invasion itself and the Normans' political, military, institutional, and legal transformations. Inevitably following on the heels of institutional reform came economic, social, religious, and cultural changes. The results, Thomas convincingly shows, are both complex and surprising. In some areas where one might expect profound influence, such as government institutions, there was little change. In other respects, such as the indirect transformation of the English language, the conquest had profound and lasting effects. With its combination of exciting narrative and clear analysis, this book will capture students interest in a range of courses on medieval and Western history.

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208

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742538400

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9780742538405

Bribes

By: John Thomas Noonan

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Bribes

By: John Thomas Noonan

Traces the history of bribery from ancient Egypt to ABSCAM, examines changing perceptions of bribery, and discusses the legal, ethical and religious injunctions against bribes

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Univ of California Press

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0520061543

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9780520061545

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History of the Abbey of Evesham

History of the Abbey of Evesham

The Secular Clergy in England, 1066-1216

The Secular Clergy in England, 1066-1216

THE BOOK OF THOMASES

THE BOOK OF THOMASES

History of the Abbey of Evesham

History of the Abbey of Evesham

The Life and Passion of William of Norwich

The Life and Passion of William of Norwich

Power and Pleasure

Power and Pleasure

Priests of the Law

Priests of the Law

The Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest

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