The Book of Llandaf and the Norman Church in Wales

Name: The Book of Llandaf and the Norman Church in Wales
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By Davies, John Reuben

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This book explores the ecclesiastical and political transformation of south-east Wales in the later eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Ecclesiastical and administrative reform was one of the defining characteristics of the Norman regime in Britain, and the author argues that a new generation of clergy in South Wales was at the heart of this reforming programme. The focus of this volume is the early twelfth-century Book of Llandaf, one of the most perplexing but exciting historical works from post-Conquest Britain. It has long been viewed as a primary source for the history of early medieval Wales, but here it is presented in a fresh light, as a monument to learning and literature in Norman Wales, produced in the same literary milieu as Geoffrey of Monmouth. As such, the Book of Llandaf provides us with valuable insights into the state of the Norman Church in Wales, and allows us to understand how it thought about its past.
JOHN DAVIES is Research Fellow in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh

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Number of Pages:: 260
Release Date:: 2003-10-01
Publication Date:: 2003-10-30
Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1843830248
ISBN13:: 9781843830245
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 558 g
Height:: 16.1 cm
Width:: 24 cm
Thickness:: 1.9 cm

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