The letters of Adam Marsh / edited and translated by C.H. Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsh, Adam, -1259.

Contributor:

Lawrence, C. H. (Clifford Hugh), 1921-

Series:

Oxford medieval texts.

Oxford medieval texts

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. English & Latin

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Church history--1066-1485.

England.

Great Britain--History--13th century.

Great Britain.

Franciscans--Correspondence.

Franciscans.

Marsh, Adam, -1259--Correspondence.

Marsh, Adam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006-

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a new critical edition of the letters of the Franciscan Adam Marsh, spiritual counsellor to many of the leading figures of his generation, in which the Latin text of the letters is for the first time accompanied by an English translation. Adam's correspondents include Robert Grosseteste, Simon de Montfort, and Queen Eleanor, making the letters a primary and exciting source for the history of England, the Church, and the University of Oxford in the turbulentmiddle years of the thirteenth century. One batch of correspondence is included in this volume; a further set will appear in Volume II.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

I: THE AUTHOR

i. Adam and Grosseteste

ii. Adam and the Franciscan Order

iii. Adam at court

II: THE LETTERS

III: MANUSCRIPTS AND EARLIER EDITION

IV: EDITORIAL CONVENTIONS

THE LETTERS

CONCORDANCE WITH BREWER EDITION

A SELECTION OF MODERN WORKS FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Oxford: Clarendon, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-287) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-189425-7

0-19-151569-8

OCLC:

144618750