European Transformations, The Long Twelfth Century

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1、BookReviews1193Anglo-Normanbaronswerenotinterestedinpatronisingcathedralchurches.StephenMarrittexploitscharterevidencetoshowthatwhile‘secularcathedralswerenotascentraltobaronialpietyasmonasticism’(p. 167),neitherwastheirengagementwithcathedralcommunities

2、(whichtheymighthaveconsideredrivalsforlocalpower)inconsiderable.ThelastfouressaysdealinonewayoranotherwithconflictsatCanterbury.MichaelStauntontakesafreshlookatthevitaeofThomasBecketforwhattheymighttellusabouthislifeatCanterburyandnotjusttheeventssurroun

3、dinghismurder.WhilemostofthetextsunderplayBecket’suneasyrelationswiththemonksofChristChurch,severalneverthelessrevealglimpsesintohisearlyyearsasarchbishop.SheilaSweetinburghilluminatesthedetailsofanotherconflictbetweenChristChurchmonksandasubsequentarchb

4、ishop.ThisstrangetalecentresaroundArchbishopBaldwin’sattempttofoundacollegeDownloadedfromofsecularcanonsnearCanterburyoutoflandswhichthecommunityarguedbelongedtothem,andhowthemonksdeployedarangeoftextstobolstertheirclaims.TheconflictinPaulWebster’scontri

5、bution(therefusalofKingJohntoaccepttheappointmentofStephenLangtonasarchbishopofCanterbury)resulted,heargues,intooharshajudgement,boththenandnow,oftheking,http://ehr.oxfordjournals.org/whobelievedthemonkshadbetrayedhim.WebsterconvincinglyarguesthatKingJoh

6、nwasapatronofCanterbury,theconflictnotwithstanding,andthatitssaintswereascentraltohispietyastheroyalsaints,EdmundtheMartyrandEdwardtheConfessor.Finally,NicholasVincentanalysestheevidenceforthemeagreFrenchlandsheldbyEnglishmonasteries,notingthatonlyCanter

7、buryheldanylandsofvalueintothefourteenthcentury.Althoughitisdifficulttoarguethatthiscollectionredressestheimbalanceinthehistoriographyofmonasticcommunitiesandbishopsinanysignificantway,itdoesexpandourunderstandingofthecontestedpolitical,social,atUniversi

8、tyofEdinburghonApril7,2014economicandreligiouslandscapesofAnglo-NormanandAngevinEngland.Anyoneinterestedinthesetopicswillfindmuchofvalueinthesethoughtfulandwell-documentedessays.MARYFRANCES GIANDREAdoi:10.1093/ehr/cet234Am