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Archbishops Ralph d'Escures, William of Corbeil and Theobald of Bec : heirs of Anselm and ancestors of Becket / Jean Truax.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Archbishops of Canterbury seriesPublication details: Farnham ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781409451013
  • 0754668363
  • 9780754668367
  • 1409451011
  • 9781409451013
  • 0754668339
  • 9780754668336
  • 1280877219
  • 9781280877216
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Archbishops Ralph d'Escures, William of Corbeil and Theobald of Bec : Heirs of Anselm and Ancestors of Becket.DDC classification:
  • 282.092/2422 B 23
LOC classification:
  • BX5198 .T78 2012eb
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  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.52
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Contents:
Introduction: the English Church as Anselm left it -- Ralph d'Escures: a different kind of Archbishop -- The road to Rome: Ralph of Canterbury, Thurstan of York, and the primacy dispute -- Roman holiday: William of Corbeil and the Canterbury forgeries -- Securing the future: William of Corbeil and the Anglo-Norman succession crisis -- Juggling act: archbishop, bishop, king, empress and pope -- The limits of power: Archbishop Theobald and his neighbors -- Trouble on the way: Theobald and the new regime -- Conclusion: the world as Becket found it.
Summary: In this unique volume in the Ashgate Archbishops of Canterbury series, Jean Truax examines the pontificates of three minor archbishops: Ralph d'Escures (1114-1122), William of Corbeil (1123-1136), and Theobald of Bec (1139-1161). By presenting their biographies, careers, thought and works as a unified period, Truax highlights crucial developments in the English church during the period of their pontificates from the death of Anselm to Becket.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)466042

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the English Church as Anselm left it -- Ralph d'Escures: a different kind of Archbishop -- The road to Rome: Ralph of Canterbury, Thurstan of York, and the primacy dispute -- Roman holiday: William of Corbeil and the Canterbury forgeries -- Securing the future: William of Corbeil and the Anglo-Norman succession crisis -- Juggling act: archbishop, bishop, king, empress and pope -- The limits of power: Archbishop Theobald and his neighbors -- Trouble on the way: Theobald and the new regime -- Conclusion: the world as Becket found it.

In this unique volume in the Ashgate Archbishops of Canterbury series, Jean Truax examines the pontificates of three minor archbishops: Ralph d'Escures (1114-1122), William of Corbeil (1123-1136), and Theobald of Bec (1139-1161). By presenting their biographies, careers, thought and works as a unified period, Truax highlights crucial developments in the English church during the period of their pontificates from the death of Anselm to Becket.

English.