St Dunstan: His Life, Times and Cult

by Nigel Ramsay, Margaret sparks, Tim Tatton-Brown (Editor)

St Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (d.988), was celebrated in his own day as a scholar and churchman, a reviver of the monastic life, and a statesman. He was regarded as a saint from the moment he died, and his reputation remained high in the English church throughout the middle ages.
Here a distinguished group of scholars discusses Dunstan; the places associated with him; his Classbook and Pontifical; and the architecture and arts of the book that flourished at Canterbury in his time. The landed estates that underlay such activities are examined and a positive identification is offered of the author of the biography which spread Dunstan's fame far beyond the confines ofCanterbury.
The contributors N.P. BROOKS, M.D. COSTEN, D.J. DALES, R.D.H.GEM, TIM TATTON-BROWN, HAROLD GOUGH, MILDRED BUDNY, JANE ROSENTHAL, JENNIFER O'REILLY, RICHARD GAMESON, ALAN THACKER, MICHAEL LAPIDGE, DAVID ROLLASON, B. O'CUV, T.A. HESLOP, NIGEL RAMSAY and MARGARET SPARKS.

Hardcover

First published May 31, 1992