Historia Selebiensis Monasterii: The History of the Monastery of Selby (Oxford Medieval Texts)

by JanetBurton (Contributor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2013

  $218.11

  A critical edition, translation, and study of a historical narrative compiled at the Benedictine abbey of Selby in Yorkshire in 1174 by a monk of the community. Tells the story of a runaway monk of the French monastery of Auxerre, his travels to England carrying, and his foundation of a hermitage on the banks of the River Ouse.