Manchester Medieval Sources Series
series advisers Rosemary Horrox and Simon MacLean
This series aims to meet a growing need amongst students and teachers of medieval history for translations of key sources that are directly usable in students own work. It provides texts central to medieval studies courses and focuses upon the diverse cultural and social as well as political conditions that affected the functioning of all levels of medieval society. The basic premise of the new series is that translations must be accompanied by sufficient introductory and explanatory material and each volume therefore includes a comprehensive guide to the sources interpretation, including discussion of critical linguistic problems and an assessment of the most recent research on the topics being covered.
also available in the series
John H. Arnold and Pete Biller Heresy and inquisition in France, 12001300
Andrew Brown and Graeme Small Court and civic society in the Burgundian Low Countries c. 14201520
Martin Heale Monasticism in late medieval England, c.13001535
David Jones Friars Tales: Thirteenth-century exempla from the British Isles
Graham Loud Roger II and the making of the Kingdom of Sicily
T.J.H. McCarthy Chronicles of the Investiture Contest: Frutolf of Michelsberg and his continuators
A.K. McHardy The reign of Richard II
Simon MacLean History and politics in late Carolingian and Ottonian Europe: The Chronicle of Regino of Prm and Adalbert of Magdeburg
Anthony Musson and Edward Powell Crime, law and society in the later middle ages
Andrew Rabin The political writings of Archbishop Wulfstan of York
I. S. Robinson Eleventh-century Germany: The Swabian Chronicles
I. S. Robinson The Annals of Lampert of Hersfeld
Rachel Stone and Charles West Hincmar of Rheims: On the divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberga
Craig Taylor Joan of Arc: La Pucelle
Diana Webb Saints and cities in medieval Italy
HERMITS AND ANCHORITES IN ENGLAND, 12001550
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Medieval Sourcesonline
Complementing the printed editions of the Medieval Sources series, Manchester University Press has developed a web-based learning resource which is now available on a yearly subscription basis.
Medieval Sourcesonline brings quality history source material to the desktops of students and teachers and allows them open and unrestricted access throughout the entire college or university campus. Designed to be fully integrated with academic courses, this is a one-stop answer for many medieval history students, academics and researchers keeping thousands of pages of source material in print over the Internet for research and teaching.
titles available now at Medieval Sourcesonline include
Trevor Dean The towns of Italy in the later Middle Ages
John Edwards The Jews in Western Europe, 14001600
Paul Fouracre and Richard A. Gerberding Late Merovingian France: History and hagiography 640720
Chris Given-Wilson Chronicles of the Revolution 13971400: The reign of Richard II
P. J. P. Goldberg Women in England, c. 12751525
Janet Hamilton and Bernard Hamilton Christian dualist heresies in the Byzantine world, c. 650c. 1450
Rosemary Horrox The Black Death
David Jones Friars Tales: Thirteenth-century exempla from the British Isles
Graham A. Loud and Thomas Wiedemann The history of the tyrants of Sicily by Hugo Falcandus, 115369
A. K. McHardy The reign of Richard II: From minority to tyranny 137797
Simon MacLean History and politics in late Carolingian and Ottonian Europe: The Chronicle of Regino of Prm and Adalbert of Magdeburg
Anthony Musson and Edward Powell Crime, law and society in the later Middle Ages
Janet L. Nelson The Annals of St-Bertin: Ninth-century histories, volume I
Timothy Reuter The Annals of Fulda: Ninth-century histories, volume II
R. N. Swanson Catholic England: Faith, religion and observance before the Reformation
Elisabeth van Houts The Normans in Europe
Jennifer Ward Women of the English nobility and gentry 10661500
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HERMITS AND ANCHORITES IN ENGLAND, 12001550
selected sources translated and annotated
by E.A. Jones
Manchester University Press
Copyright E.A. Jones 2019
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CONTENTS
Aelred, trans. Macpherson | Aelred of Rievaulx. Rule of Life for a Recluse. Translated by Mary Paul Macpherson. In Treatises and Pastoral Prayer, edited by David Knowles, pp. 41102. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1971. |
Ancrene Wisse, trans. Millett | Millett, Bella, trans. Ancrene Wisse. A guide for anchoresses: a translation based on Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 402. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2009. |
Cal. Pat. Rolls | Calendar of Patent Rolls. 53 vols. London: HMSO, 18911916. |
Clay, Hermits and Anchorites | Rotha Mary Clay. The Hermits and Anchorites of England. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1914. |
Letters & Papers, Henry VIII | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and elsewhere in England, edited by J.S. Brewer, James Gairdner, R.S. Brodie. 21 vols, London: HMSO, 18621932. |
ODNB | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online edition. Oxford University Press. www.oxforddnb.com. |
OED | Oxford English Dictionary Online. Oxford University Press. www.oed.com. |
PL | Patrologia Latina cursus completus, ed. J.-P. Migne, 221 vols. Paris, 184465. |
TNA | The National Archives |
Warren, Anchorites and Their Patrons | Ann K. Warren. Anchorites and Their Patrons in Medieval England. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. |
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