The studies in this volume are broadly concerned with ecclesiastical history as envisaged in the work of Orderic Vitalis - the history of society and culture, comprising the life and activities of lay men and women in war and peace no less than those of monks and clerks, with a special emphasis on monasteries in the Anglo-Saxon world. Some enlarge directly on Orderic's work; others deal with aspects of the life of the Empress Matilda, and with St Anselm and Bec-Hellouin. The underlying themes, in addition to history as written by both monks and secular clerks and its sources in chronicles and charters are piety (including the mixed motives of monastic patrons) and power in both church and state and the conflicts these engendered. It has been said that the history of mediaeval power is to be sought in its microcosms; these studies look closely at some of the microcosms.
- ISBN10 0860788210
- ISBN13 9780860788218
- Publish Date 28 April 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 May 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Variorum
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English