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Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence was born on June 23, 1927 in Cambridge, England. Son of Zachary Nugent and Rosa Grace (Stanton) Brooke.
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From Alfred to Henry III, 871-1272 is the second volume of the "Norton Library History of England." The 400 years covered by this volume saw two Danish invasions and the Norman Conquest of England. Each conquest carried with it extensive political and social changes. Alfred began the work of creating a unified kingdom out of the shambles of the smaller kingdoms that had fallen under Viking raids. The ninth and tenth centuries saw the settlement of the Danes and the eleventh the emergence of a strong monarchy under the Danish King Cnut. "With the English kingdom grew up the first semblance of national institutions," writes Professor Brooks--institutions of central and local government which made the English monarchy among the most mature in the Europe of its time.... These established institutions were not destroyed by the Normans; they adapted and developed them. Although England had had close ties with the continent before the Conquest, after 1066 English cultural and social life was greatly enriched through the French influence. During this time the Church was finding new inspiration in monastic and papal reform and a great intellectual revival culminated in the creation of universities. Professor Brooke describes all the cultural and political developments of these years and shows how the reign of Henry III ushered in a "great age of art and architecture" and a "new attitude to government," which began to work by consent of the governed.
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First published in 1963, this classic exploration of the history of English kings and kingship from the sixth to the twelfth centuries has now been updated for a new generation of readers. A prologue has been added summarizing changes in modern knowledge and underlining the difference between the history of the 'English people', a phrase of the sixth century, and the kingdom of the English, which only came of age in the tenth. An entirely new chapter discusses queens, including St Margaret, who became queen of Scotland. The bibliography has also been completely revised. As in previous editions, one of the books most important features is that it is written from the sources inviting readers to reconstruct the story for themselves by engaging in a series of enquiries into, for example, the nature of king-making, the origins of the English kingdoms, and the meaning of the Bayeux tapestry.
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Christopher Brooke's account of the history of Gonville and Caius, founded in 1348, describes the workings and development of the institution, the home of men such as William Lyndwood, Jeremy Taylor, Charles Sherrington and seven other Nobel laureates - and of Titus Oates. For the more recent centuries, his rapidly moving narrative provides sketches and anecdotes of its central characters set in the wider context of the history of education, religion, learning and research. The Epilogue to this new edition describes the major events in the history of the College in the late twentieth century. Reissue; first published in 1985. CHRISTOPHER BROOKE, Fellow of Gonville and Caius, is Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical history, University of Cambridge.
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These four major studies, thoroughly revised for this book, reflect this distinguished historian's continuing interest in relations between England and Wales in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth centuries. An introduction places the conclusions offered in these studies within the current framework of historical thinking about Wales in this period. The first chapter, a survey of Anglo-Welsh ecclesiastical life in the tenth and eleventh centuries, is followed by "The Archbishops of St Davids, Llandaff and Caerleon-on-Usk", in which the twelfth-century claims of certain major Welsh churches to extensive jurisdiction and the methods by which they promoted their claims are subjected to a searching analysis. In "St Peter of Gloucester and St Cadog of Llancarfan" a detailed examination is made of the complicated links which bound together the churches of Gloucester and Llancarfan from about 1100 and of the sources which reveal these ties. Finally in "Geoffrey of Monmouth as a historian" the motivation and methods of one of the most controversial personalities of the Anglo-Welsh Church are considered.
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This book offers a fascinating insight into the nature of medieval marriage in the period 1000 to 1500. Brooke surveys current approaches to the idea of marriage, exploring the practice and law of marriage, the cult of celibacy in the 11th and 12th centuries, and the relationship between marriage and architecture. He draws on a wide range of case studies and other sources, including the letters of Heloise and Abelard, the epics of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and Chaucer's poetry.
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`Can he be a sensible man, sir?' `No, my dear; I think not...'Thus Christopher Brooke prefaces his study of Jane Austen, whose sharp intelligence and wit have been the companions of his leisure for many years. In answer to the question as to whether there can be anything left to be said, Brooke returns rewardingly to her own writing, the novels and the letters, and with a historian's precision reveals new detail and fresh insights. What is the world Jane Austen describes, and how is it related to the world in which she lived? A close reading of each of the major novels leads into a detailed examination of a sheaf of themes - church and clergy, rank and status, marriage - to see how they are handled in their social and historical setting, what is revealed about Jane Austen's deepest convictions, and how these might be validly deduced from the text of her novels. The wisdom and insight he has brought to historical research are now rewardingly brought to bear on a novelist of endless fascination.
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Considers many facets of the medieval church, dealing with institutions, buildings, personalities and literature. The text explores the origins of the diocese and the parish, the history of the See of Hereford and of York Minster. It discusses the arrival of the archdeacon, the Normans as cathedral builders and the kings of England and Scotland as monastic patrons. The studies of monastic life deal with the European question of monastic vocation and with St Bernard's part in the sensational expansion of the early 12th century. An epilogue takes us to the 14th century, contrasting Chaucer's parson with an actual Norfolk rector.
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(Gilbert Foliot, successively Abbot of Gloucester and Bish...)
Gilbert Foliot, successively Abbot of Gloucester and Bishop of Hereford and London, and archenemy of Archbishop Thomas Becket, is a figure of the first importance in the English Church of the twelfth century. Dom Adrian Morey and Professor Christopher Brooke's study of Foliot's life and works, Gilbert Foliot and his Letters, was published in 1965. Foliot left a substantial collection of letters and charters which are a valuable source for the period. This edition consists of a critical Latin text with footnotes; all the known manuscripts have been collated, the letters dated (often for the first time) and all the circumstances of their composition discussed. The letters are arranged chronologically, except for a few groups which have been kept together; the charters alphabetically by cathedrals and monastic houses. In their introduction the editors discuss the various manuscripts, and appendices include biographical notes on the chief people mentioned in the text. There is a substantial bibliography.
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(Gilbert Foliot, successively Abbot of Gloucester and Bish...)
Gilbert Foliot, successively Abbot of Gloucester and Bishop of Hereford and London, and archenemy of Archbishop Thomas Becket, is a figure of the first importance in the English Church of the twelfth century. Dom Adrian Morey and Professor Christopher Brooke's study of Foliot's life and works, Gilbert Foliot and his Letters, was published in 1965. Foliot left a substantial collection of letters and charters which are a valuable source for the period. This edition consists of a critical Latin text with footnotes; all the known manuscripts have been collated, the letters dated (often for the first time) and all the circumstances of their composition discussed. The letters are arranged chronologically, except for a few groups which have been kept together; the charters alphabetically by cathedrals and monastic houses. In their introduction the editors discuss the various manuscripts, and appendices include biographical notes on the chief people mentioned in the text. There is a substantial bibliography.
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This is the first of two volumes, which together form a catalogue of abbots and priors, abbesses and prioresses, of English and Welsh monastic houses between 940 and 1377. This present volume covers the period to 1216, and provides invaluable material for specialists in the period to study the biographies and personalities of the monastic orders, and to date undated documents. First published in 1972, it won international acclaim as a fundamental tool of medieval research. It is now reissued with substantial additions and corrections by Professor C.N.L. Brooke.
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A biography designed to celebrate the memory of historian and monk Father David Knowles while those who knew him well are still alive. Its authors were all his friends, and in some sense his disciples and pupils.
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This wide-ranging introduction to medieval Europe has been updated and revised. In his popular survey Brooke explores the variety of human experience in the period. He looks at society, economy, religious life and popular religion, learning, culture, as well as political events; the rise of the Normans and the heyday of the medieval Empire. For the new edition there is increased coverage of the role of women and more attention to central Europe, Bohemia, Hungary and Poland.
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The University of Cambridge has been a federation of colleges for centuries; in the past hundred years it has also become a center of international fame in many disciplines, with numerous faculties and departments. Volume IV of A History of the University of Cambridge covers the years 1870-1990, and explores the fascinating labyrinth of the federation and the nature of this extraordinary academic growth; it also sketches the society of the University and its place in the world; the role of religion and learning; the entry of women; and the leading characters in the story--Henry Sidgwick, F. W. Maitland, Gowland Hopkins, Ernest Rutherford, and many others.
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Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence was born on June 23, 1927 in Cambridge, England. Son of Zachary Nugent and Rosa Grace (Stanton) Brooke.
Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, Fellow 1949-1956, since 1977. Of numerous works, including Oxford (formerly Nelson’s) Medieval Texts, Nelson’s History of England (General Editor).
Assistant Lecturer, University of Cambridge 1953-1954, Lecturer 1954-1956. Professor, of Medieval History, University of Liverpool 1956-1967. Professor, of History, Westfield College, University of London 1967-1977.
Dixie Professor, of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge since 1977. Honorary D. University (York) 1984. President Society of Antiquaries 1981-1984.
Correspondent Fellow, Medieval Academy, of America. Correspondent; professional.
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(The University of Cambridge has been a federation of coll...)
(Gilbert Foliot, successively Abbot of Gloucester and Bish...)
(Gilbert Foliot, successively Abbot of Gloucester and Bish...)
(These four major studies, thoroughly revised for this boo...)
(An illustrated history of Oxford and Cambridge beginning ...)
(First published in 1963, this classic exploration of the ...)
(Editeur : Albin Michel Date de parution : 1975 Descriptio...)
(This is the first of two volumes, which together form a c...)
(This is the first of two volumes, which together form a c...)
(A biography designed to celebrate the memory of historian...)
( The Language of Composition is the first textbook built...)
( Considers many facets of the medieval church, dealing w...)
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(This wide-ranging introduction to medieval Europe has bee...)
(In this second edition of The Great Façade, co-author Chr...)
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Author: The Dullness of the Past, 1957, From Alfred to Henry III, 1961, The Saxon and Norman Kings, 1963, Europe in the Central Middle Ages, 1964, Time the Archsatirist, 1968, The Twelfth Century Renaissance, 1969, Structure of Medieval Society, 1971, Medieval Church and Society, 1971, Marriage in Christian History, 1978, A History of Gonville and Caius College, 1985, The Church and the Welsh Border, 1986, The Medieval Idea of Marriage, 1989, A History of the University of Cambridge, IV, 1870-1990, 1993, Jane Austen: Illusion and Reality, 1999, Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe, 1999. (with W. Swaan) The Monastic World, 1974. (with G. Keir) London, 800-1216, 1975.(with Rosalind Brooke) Popular Religion in the Middle Ages, 1000-1300, 1984. (with A. Morey) Gilbert Foliot and His Letters, 1965, (with R. Highfield, W. Swaan) Oxford and Cambridge, 1988. Part editor: The Book of William Morton, 1954.Co-editor: The Letters of John of Salisbury, volunteer 1, 1955, volunteer II, 1979, Carte Nativorum, 1960, The Letters and Charters of Gilbert Foliot, 1967. (with D. Knowles and V. London) Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales 940-1216, 1972, second edition, 2001. (with D. Whitelock and M. Brett) Councils and Synods I, 1981.(with R.A.B. Mynors) review edition of Walter Map, De nugis Curialium, 1983. (with M. Brett and M. Winterbottom) Hugh the Chanter, History of the Church of York, 1990. (with R. Lovatt and others) David Knowles Remembered, 1991.(with S. Bendall and P. Collinson) A History of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1999. Contributing author: A History of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1957, A History of York Minster, 1977. General editor: Oxford (formerly Nelson's) Medieval Texts, 1959-1987.Contributor articles and reviews to professional journals.
Member Royal Commission on History Monuments, England, 1977-1984. Member review committee on Export of Works of Art, 1979-1982. Fellow Royal History Society, Society Antiquaries (president), Medieval Academy American (correspondent), Monumenta Germaniae Historica (correspondent), Bavarian Academy of Sciences (correspondent), Societa International Studi Francescani.
Married Rosalind Beckford Clark, 1951. 3 children (one deceased).