St Cuthbert and the Normans: The Church of Durham, 1071-1153

by William M. Aird

North-east England experienced the Norman Conquest rather differently from the south of the country. This account of events in Northumbria gives an important alternative view of the Conquest and settlement, distinct from the more usual southern and court-centred evidence. A key factor in events was the monastic community of St Cuthbert in Durham, which had survived the political upheavals following the collapse of the Northumbrian kingdom under Scandinavian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851156150
• ISBN13: 9780851156156
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.0"