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London was the largest city in the Anglo-Norman empire, and its bishops were therefore figures of the utmost importance. The 250 acta recorded in this volume testify to their role in the development of episcopal government and its documentation.

This volume contains the acta of three bishops of London: Richard of Ely, William de Ste. Mere-Eglise, and Eustace of Fauconberg. Both Richard and Eustace saw service as royal treasurer; indeed Richard wrote the handbook on Exchequer practice, the Dialogus de Scaccario. William on the other hand spearheaded the papal campaign against King John during the General Interdict.

Archbishop Geoffrey of York, the loyal but illegitimate son of Henry II, appears to have quarrelled with everybody. This edition of Geoffrey's acta, together with Dr Lovatt's introduction, provides insight into the ecclesiastical and secular politics of the period in which he lived - and incidentally into the personalities of Richard and John.

This is a collection of all the surviving acts; some never previously published, of the first four Norman archbishops of Canterbury - Lanfranc, Anselm, Ralph d'Escures and William of Corbeil. The introduction provides an account of the archbishops, and of the diplomatic forms found in early examples of the English sealed Episcopal act.

Brings together the edited versions of the various extant charters issued by the bishops of Durham between 1241 and 1283. The charters provide insights into episcopal administration and estate management in the mid-thirteenth-century diocese. This volume complements "EEA 24" and "EEA 25", which contained the acta from 1153 onwards.

The area comprising what became the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland was long disputed between the English and Scottish kingdoms. This volume in the "English Episcopal Acta" series brings together an edition of all the surviving charters issued by bishops of Carlisle from 1133 until the death of Bishop Ralph de Ireton in 1292.

Presents the 170 acta that provides one of the best records of the structuring of a new diocese and the establishment of a cathedral chapter. William de Longchamp was effective regent of England, while King Richard I was on Crusade - and the acta issued in connection with these duties shed light on the delegation of royal power.

This volume collects together the 198 acta issued by Bishops Walter Suffield and Simon Walton of Norwich. The administrative documents cover the foundation of two nunneries, Marham and Flixton, and the establishment by Bishop Suffield himself of a major new hospital, St Giles in Norwich.

This long-awaited study of the early acta of the bishops of Worcester includes full editions of the surviving documents of eight bishops, from the saintly Wulfstan to the future archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin.

This volume completes the publication of acta from this diocese. It contains full editions of the surviving documents of seven bishops and charts a period of building work, the canonization of an earlier bishop, Wulfstan, and includes the documents of a future archbishop of York, Walter de Gray.

This edition of over 140 charters sheds light on one of Henry III's most important administrators - Peter of Aigueblanche, bishop of Hereford 1240-68. The documents include letters commenting on political affairs and international relations as well as items of routine diocesan administration.

These early13th-century documents contain a wealth of information on the religious, ecclesiastical, and parochial life of the diocese of Salisbury, which comprised Berkshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire. Diverse types of actum include grants of indulgence and significations to the king of recalcitrant excommunicates.

These later 13th-century documents contain a wealth of information on the religious, ecclesiastical, and parochial life of the diocese of Salisbury, which comprised Berkshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire. Diverse types of actum include grants of indulgence and significations to the king of recalcitrant excommunicates.

The bishops of London, close to the heart of government, were involved in both pastoral care and politics. Volume 38 introduces the six bishops from 1229 to1303 and provides full texts of documents issued up to 1280. Volume 39 completes the documents to 1303 and contains the appendix and indexes.

The bishops of London, close to the heart of government, were involved in both pastoral care and politics. Volume 39 contains edited documents from 1280 to 1303 and includes the appendix and indexes. Documents from 1229 to 1280 are included in volume 38, which also has the introduction and plates.

Volumes 40 and 41 together contain 375 charters and letters from bishops of Norwich in the thirteenth century. There is a substantial introduction to the bishops and the background to the documents and scholarly notes. The volumes complete the diocese of Norwich as part of the English Episcopal Acta project.

The documents of the bishops of Coventry and Lichfield in the thirteenth-century reveal snapshots of everyday life in medieval Lancashire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire, from the monks who lost their books in a fire to the men who struggled to carry bodies for burial through floods and snow.

The documents of the bishops of Coventry and Lichfield in the thirteenth-century reveal everyday life in medieval Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Derbyshire, from the monks who lost their books in a fire to the men who struggled to carry bodies for burial through floods and snow. They are collected and edited here for the first time.