Gilbert Crispin Abbot of Westminster: A Study of the Abbey under Norman Rule (Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History) - Softcover

Robinson, J. Armitage

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108013589 ISBN 13: 9781108013581

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Gilbert Crispin (c. 1045–1117/18), fourth abbot of Westminster Abbey, was a scion of an important Norman family. Trained at Bec under St Anselm, later archbishop of Canterbury, he was a noted scholar and theologian. Under his rule, Westminster Abbey began to expand physically and grow in importance, making full play of its position as the chosen burial site of Edward the Confessor. The necessity to raise funds for the building work probably led to Crispin's association with the London Jewish community, and this was to inspire his most important theological work, Disputation with a Jew. In this 1911 book, J. Robinson Armitage, then dean of Westminster, mines the abbey archives to write both a biography and a discussion of Crispin's thirty-year administration of Westminster. He also includes the texts of all Crispin's known writings, together with a selection of charters. A significant work on a hitherto neglected Anglo-Norman churchman.

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Book Description

In this 1911 monograph, Dean Robinson restores a forgotten Norman abbot of Westminster Abbey to his rightful place. Under the administration of Gilbert Crispin, Westminster Abbey grew in national importance and expanded its buildings. A noted scholar, this biography includes the texts of Crispin's theological and biographical writings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108013589
• ISBN 13: 9781108013581
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200