Cartularium Saxonicum : a collection of charters relating to Anglo-Saxon history

Author(s)

• Birch, Walter de Gray

Bibliographic Information

Cartularium Saxonicum : a collection of charters relating to Anglo-Saxon history

edited by Walter de Gray Birch

（Cambridge library collection, . History）

Cambridge University Press, 2012

• vol. 1 : pbk
• vol. 2 : pbk
• vol. 3 : pbk

Note

"This digitally printed version 2012"--T.p. verso

Reprint. Originally published: London : whiting, 1885-1893

Vol. 1. A.D. 430-839 -- vol. 2. A.D. 840-947 -- vol. 3. A.D. 948-975

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

vol. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108045070

Description

Walter de Gray Birch (1842-1924) worked in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum from 1864 to 1902 and published extensively in Anglo-Saxon studies. He is best known for this collection of over 1300 charters, in Latin and Old English, originally published in thirty-two parts between 1883 and 1893 and now reissued in three volumes. The funding for Birch's project eventually ran out, and the work ends at 975 CE. However, for the period covered, Birch's edition, which drew extensively on recent Victorian scholarship, superseded John Mitchell Kemble's 1839-48 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici (also reissued in this series), which had been the first attempt to publish all the surviving Anglo-Saxon charter texts. Like Kemble, Birch organised his collection chronologically. Volume 1 covers the fifth to the mid-ninth century, and includes an introduction describing developments in Anglo-Saxon studies since Kemble's day and the resources available to Birch.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Fifth century. Charters 1-2
• Seventh century. Charters 3-101
• Eighth century. Charters 102-299
• Ninth Century. Charters 300-427.

Volume

vol. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108045087

Description

Walter de Gray Birch (1842-1924) worked in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum from 1864 to 1902 and published extensively in Anglo-Saxon studies. He is best known for this collection of over 1300 charters, in Latin and Old English, originally published in thirty-two parts between 1883 and 1893 and now reissued in three volumes. The funding for Birch's project eventually ran out, and the work ends at 975 CE. However, for the period covered, Birch's edition, which drew extensively on recent Victorian scholarship, superseded John Mitchell Kemble's 1839-48 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici (also reissued in this series), which had been the first attempt to publish all the surviving Anglo-Saxon charter texts. Like Kemble, Birch organised his collection chronologically. Volume 2 covers the century from 839 to 947, and, alongside grants of lands and privileges, includes documents about corrupt bishops, pagan rites, decorated manuscripts and church treasures.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Ninth century continued. Charters 428-583
• Tenth century. Charters 584-834
• Appendix. AD 601-947. Charters 835-859.

Volume

vol. 3 : pbk ISBN 9781108045094

Description

Walter de Gray Birch (1842-1924) worked in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum from 1864 to 1902 and published extensively in Anglo-Saxon studies. He is best known for this collection of over 1300 charters, in Latin and Old English, originally published in thirty-two parts between 1883 and 1893 and now reissued in three volumes. The funding for Birch's project eventually ran out, and the work ends at 975 CE. However, for the period covered, Birch's edition, which drew extensively on recent Victorian scholarship, superseded John Mitchell Kemble's 1839-48 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici (also reissued in this series), which had been the first attempt to publish all the surviving Anglo-Saxon charter texts. Like Kemble, Birch organised his collection chronologically. Volume 3 focuses mainly on the tenth century. Together with grants of lands and privileges, it records several manumissions, and the regulations for the repair of a bridge.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Tenth century continued. Charters 860-1325
• Appendix. Charters 1326-1354.

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Details

• NCID: BB15204821
• ISBN:
  • 9781108045070
  • 9781108045087
  • 9781108045094
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: lateng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 25 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB00083053