Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales / Michael Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, M. W. (Michael Welman)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bishops--Homes and haunts--England.

Bishops.

Bishops--Homes and haunts.

England.

Bishops--Homes and haunts--Wales.

Wales.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Church history.

Church history--Middle Ages.

England--Church history--1066-1485.

Wales--Church history.

Physical Description:

xiv, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, [1998]

Contents:

i Contemporary sources 5

ii What did a bishop do? 8

iii Travelling 10

Chapter 2 Castles by the cathedral 14

i Durham 14

ii Lincoln 20

iii Old Sarum 23

iv Ely 25

v Llandaff 25

Chapter 3 See palaces 29

i Continental bishops' palaces 29

ii Benedictine abbots' houses 33

iii See palaces 33

iv Two-storeyed chapels 65

Chapter 4 London houses 71

i Right bank 72

ii Left bank 77

Chapter 5 Castles on the manors 84

i Bishop Roger of Salisbury 85

ii Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester 91

iii Alexander, bishop of Lincoln 96

iv Hugh du Puiset, bishop of Durham 99

Chapter 6 Episcopal security in the later middle ages 104

i Crime and violence 104

ii Licences to crenellate 108

iii Castles 114

Chapter 7 Manor houses 125

i From hall to chamber 125

ii Towards a courtyard 132

iii Courtyard houses 143

iv The surroundings of episcopal manor houses 150

1 A survey of the archbishop's palace at Canterbury in 1647 163

2 Episcopal licences to crenellate 167

3 List of bishops' houses by dioceses 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [190]-202) and index.

ISBN:

1840142774

OCLC:

38239325