Literae Cantuarienses: The Letter Books of the Monastery of Christ Church, Canterbury, Volume 2

Christ Church, Canterbury, was the seat of the archbishop and an important pilgrimage site. The letters and other documents in its register reveal not only its history, but how complex was the management of the priory and its estates. This three-volume edition is based on a transcript of the register compiled in 1411. Volume 1, edited by Joseph Brigstocke Sheppard (1827 95) and published in 1887, contains items 1 494, ranging in date from 1210 to 1333. The editor ha... >Voir plus