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Author Truax, Jean, 1947-

Title Archbishops Ralph d'Escures, William of Corbeil and Theobald of Bec : heirs of Anselm and ancestors of Becket / Jean Truax
Published Farnham ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages)
Series The Archbishops of Canterbury Series
Archbishops of Canterbury series.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Ralph, d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury, -1122.
William, of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Theobald, of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, approximately 1090-1161
SUBJECT William, of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury fast
Theobald, of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, approximately 1090-1161 fast
Ralph, d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury, -1122 fast
Subject Bishops -- England -- Canterbury
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
Bishops
Bisschoppen.
SUBJECT England -- Church history -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043265
Subject England
England -- Canterbury
Canterbury (Great Britain)
Genre/Form Electronic books
Church history
Form Electronic book
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