Testamentary records of the English and Welsh episcopate, 1200-1413: wills, executors' accounts and inventories, and the probate process
Woolgar, C.M. (2011) Testamentary records of the English and Welsh episcopate, 1200-1413: wills, executors' accounts and inventories, and the probate process, Woodbridge, GB, Canterbury and York Society, 418pp. (Canterbury and York Society Publications, 102).
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Between 1200 and 1413, 285 individuals held sees in England and Wales. Many of them made wills, appointed executors who administered their estates, prepared inventories and rendered accounts of their administrations. This volume edits all the unpublished probate material and provides a comprehensive overview of the surviving records. These deeply personal documents allow comparisons to be made across the late medieval episcopate. They demonstrate common patterns in terms of goods, styles of living and customary practices, as well as the power of devotion, intellectual interests and relationships between bishop and chapter. At the same time they illuminate the devices that were employed to keep ecclesiastical property out of the hands of the Crown, and how to manage the business of church, diocese and family from beyond the grave.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| ISBNs: | 9780907239741 (hardback) |
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| Keywords: | england, wales, medieval, episcopate, records, testamentary practices, material culture |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > History University Structure - Pre August 2011 > Professional Services > Library |
| Item ID: | 66249 |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2011 13:26 |
| Contributors: | Woolgar, C.M. (Author) |
| Date: | 15 September 2011 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Canterbury and York Society |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/66249 |
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