The influence of the past; Durham and the Norman world; manuscript production at Durham in the early 12th century; pictorial narrative and the cult of St Cuthbert - Oxford, University College, MS 165; the Benedictine revival in Northumbria; power and cultural identity - Durham and the anarchy, Durham and its books c.1120-c.1160; the Augustinians and their libraies; the Cistercians and their libraries; readers of Bede - the importance of Bede in the rveival of Northumbrian monasticism; Aelred of Rievaulx; history and regional identity.
A valuable contribution to its field.
*ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY*
Fascinating and well-constructed study.
*BULLETIN CODICOLOGIQUE*
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