RT Book
T1 The Bishopric of Durham in the late Middle Ages: lordship, community, and the cult of St. Cuthbert
A1 Liddy, Christian D. 1973-
LA English
PP Suffolk
PB Boydell & Brewer
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883303299
AB This new study sets the medieval palatinate of Durham firmly in the context of a community built round the cult of St Cuthbert. North-East England contained some distinctive power structures during the late middle ages, notably the palatinate of Durham, where writs were issued in the name of the bishop of Durham rather than of the king and the bishop exercised secular authority as earl palatine. The core of the palatinate was the bishopric of Durham, an area bounded by the rivers Tyne and Tees and distinguished by an illustrious tradition, focusing upon Durham cathedral and the cult of St Cuthbert. Here resided the ‘Haliwerfolc’, the 'people of the saint'. This book, unlike previous interpretations which have tended to approach Durham primarily as a form of devolved royal power whose autonomy was gradually circumscribed by the crown, reviews the operation of palatine government in the light of more recent paradigms about the nature of power and identity in medieval England. In particular, it sees the concept of the county community as critical to a new understanding of the social and political history of the bishopric. In Durham this was a community built not upon patterns of landholding, social interaction or office-holding; it was in the concept of the ‘Haliwerfolc’ and in the cult of St Cuthbert that the inhabitants of the bishopric possessed their own distinctive culture of community and identity. CHRISTIAN D. LIDDY is Lecturer in History at the University of Durham.
AB 1. Introduction -- 2. Land and power -- 3. Lordship and society -- 4. Office-holding -- 5. The Haliwerfolc and the politics of community -- 6. Epilogue
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)
CN BX1495.D87
SN 9781846156120
K1 Cuthbert : Saint, Bishop of Lindisfarne : approximately 635-687 : Cult
K1 Cuthbert
K1 Cuthbert : Saint, Bishop of Lindisfarne : ca. 635-687 : Cult
K1 Catholic Church : Bishopric of Durham (England)
K1 Catholic Church : Bishopric of Durham (England) : History
K1 Catholic Church : Bishopric of Durham : England : History
K1 Cuthbert ; Saint, Bishop of Lindisfarne ; approximately 635-687 ; Cult
K1 Catholic Church ; Bishopric of Durham (England) ; History
K1 Durham (England : County) ; Church history
K1 Durham (England : County) ; History
K1 Durham (England : County) : Church history.
K1 Durham (England : County) : History.
K1 Durham (England : County) : Church history
K1 Durham (England : County) : History