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English Episcopal Acta, volume 45, edited by Brian Kemp

English Episcopal Acta (BAR article)

In 2005 the Academy published the 30th in its ambitious series of volumes containing the texts of all English episcopal acta to survive for the period between the Norman Conquest and the emergence of bishops’ registers during the course of the thirteenth century. Professor Barrie Dobson FBA, current Chairman of …

The acts of medieval English bishops, illustrated

The British Academy is publishing a volume of ‘Facsimiles of English Episcopal Acta, 1085- 1305’. The author, Dr Martin Brett, explains why it is so important to make available images of these administrative documents.

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