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This volume provides an important background to William of Malmesbury's "De gestis pontificorum Anglorum", and includes significant new material for the study of William's use of historical documents. "Charters of Malmesbury Abbey" is comprised of editions of thirty-five charters and also a small group of separate boundary surveys, with expert detailed commentaries on their historical and topographical importance. The charters are prefaced by a lengthy introduction which presents a new synthesis of the history of the abbey and an extensive bibliography.
This is the first scholarly edition
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This volume provides an important background to William of Malmesbury's "De gestis pontificorum Anglorum", and includes significant new material for the study of William's use of historical documents. "Charters of Malmesbury Abbey" is comprised of editions of thirty-five charters and also a small group of separate boundary surveys, with expert detailed commentaries on their historical and topographical importance. The charters are prefaced by a lengthy introduction which presents a new synthesis of the history of the abbey and an extensive bibliography.
This is the first scholarly edition of the Anglo-Saxon charters of Malmesbury Abbey, which are an important witness to the history of Wessex and the West Saxon church. The volume is comprised of editions of thirty-five charters and also a small group of separate boundary surveys, with detailed commentaries on their historical and topographical importance. This edition provides a useful background to William of Malmesbury's De gestis pontificorum Anglorum, and includes significant new material for the study of William's use of historical documents.