England and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages: Papal Privileges in European Perspective, c. 680-1073 (Oxford Historical Monographs)($59.11Value)

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A detailed study of the relationship between England and the papacy across its first five centuries, from the times of Bede up to the Norman Conquest. It reassesses that relationship through a detailed study of a hitherto understudied corpus of papal documentary sources. It sets developments in England within a wider comparative European context. "This book is a successful exercise. Although many scholars before him have highlighted the need to study the papal documents sent to England comparatively, Savill is the first to do so with reference to such a long period, while in the process showing excellent command of secondaryliterature written in several different European modern languages, especially German." -- Francesca Tinti, Early Medieval Europe "Savill's study proves to be very fruitful. It makes a relevant contribution both to the development of the examined corpus of documents, for which it represents a new and immovable point of reference, as well as to a deeper understanding of the horizons of expectations and motives for action of the petitioners as well as the perception of the Roman Church in Anglo-Saxon England. The method used also represents an extremely useful model for researching the meaning and function of papal authority in other regions of early medieval Europe that are far from Rome." -- Francesco Massetti, H-Soz-Kult "This is a thought-provoking conclusion to a magisterial study, impressively based on over a hundred manuscripts and extensive scholarship. Its methodology of making sense of regional evidence and the papacy itself by exploring local contexts and adopting aEuropean perspective sets a valuable example for other early medievalists to follow, far outside the ranks of specialists in papal diplomatic." -- Peter D. Clarke, Journal of the Savigny Society for Legal History, "Savill's work has the merit of moving away from grand narrativeson the construction of papal power in the Early Middle Ages and showing that therewas no neat line of development in this respect." -- Barbara Bombi, QFIAB "This book is a successful exercise. Although many scholars before him have highlighted the need to study the papal documents sent to England comparatively, Savill is the first to do so with reference to such a long period, while in the process showing excellent command of secondaryliterature written in several different European modern languages, especially German." -- Francesca Tinti, Early Medieval Europe "Savill's study proves to be very fruitful. It makes a relevant contribution both to the development of the examined corpus of documents, for which it represents a new and immovable point of reference, as well as to a deeper understanding of the horizons of expectations and motives for action of the petitioners as well as the perception of the Roman Church in Anglo-Saxon England. The method used also represents an extremely useful model for researching the meaning and function of papal authority in other regions of early medieval Europe that are far from Rome." -- Francesco Massetti, H-Soz-Kult "This is a thought-provoking conclusion to a magisterial study, impressively based on over a hundred manuscripts and extensive scholarship. Its methodology of making sense of regional evidence and the papacy itself by exploring local contexts and adopting aEuropean perspective sets a valuable example for other early medievalists to follow, far outside the ranks of specialists in papal diplomatic." -- Peter D. Clarke, Journal of the Savigny Society for Legal History, "Savill's work has the merit of moving away from grand narrativeson the construction of papal power in the Early Middle Ages and showing that therewas no neat line of development in this respect." -- Barbara Bombi, QFIAB Benjamin Savill, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin Benjamin Savill is an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin (Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut). He studied at University College London and Oxford. Benjamin Savill, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin Benjamin Savill is an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin (Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut). He studied at University College London and Oxford.