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This book explores the ecclesiastical and political transformation of south-east Wales in the later eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Ecclesiastical and administrative reform was one of the defining characteristics of the Norman regime in Britain, and the author argues that a new generation of clergy in South Wales was at the heart of this reforming programme. The focus of this volume is the early twelfth-century Book of Llandaf, one of the most perplexing but exciting historical works from post-Conquest Britain. It has long been viewed as a primary source for the history of early medieval Wales, but here it is presented in a fresh light, as a monument to learning and literature in Norman Wales, produced in the same literary milieu as Geoffrey of Monmouth. As such, the Book of Llandaf provides us with valuable insights into the state of the Norman Church in Wales, and allows us to understand how it thought about its past. JOHN DAVIES is Research Fellow in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Book of Llandaf and the Norman Church in Wales
• Author: John Reuben Davies
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9781843830245
• ISBN: 1843830248
• ID: 04855844
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Weight: 540 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. October 2003

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