The Le Mans Forgeries: a Chapter From the History of Church Property in the Ninth Century

Goffart, Walter

ISBN 10: 0674518756 / ISBN 13: 9780674518759

Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1966

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Hardcover, no dust jacket - full maroon cloth over boards with gold lettering stamped on spine. Sewn binding. xv + 383 pages, with four appendixes, index, and Latin text of long quotations. 1st U.S. Edition, 1st Printing. Printed in Great Britain. Harvard Historical Studies, Volume LXXVI. . CONDITION: VERY GOOD, binding square and tight, pages free of any marks; light foxing on endpapers, light rubbing to boards, and faint water stain on front. Interior is in excellent condition. >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy. Harvard Historical Studies (Hardcover).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Le Mans Forgeries: a Chapter From the History of Church Property in the Ninth Century
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA
• Publication Date: 1966
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674518756
• ISBN 13: 9780674518759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First American Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Religion & Theology

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Synopsis

The “Le Mans Forgeries,” relating the history of the bishops of Le Mans from apostolic times to 840, have long been acknowledged to be tendentious, and many historians have sought to determine their date, authorship, and purpose. Walter Goffart has assembled these widely scattered and unevenly edited texts and has established their unity of composition, date, and the legal circumstances the forger hoped to exploit to serve the interests of his bishopric. He also provides a critical analysis of the Le Mans charters. His study is a notable contribution to source criticism and to the history of church property and its law in the Carolingian period.