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This collection of essays and articles by Dom David Knowles was presented to him by his colleagues, friends and pupils on his retirement from the Regius Chair of Modern History at Cambridge in the summer of 1963.

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Frontispiece: Dom David Knowles, from a photograph by Edward Leigh; Subscribers' dedication; Editor's note; Curriculum Vitae W. A. Pantin; List of abbreviations; 1. The historian and character; 2. The humanism of the twelfth century; 3. St Bernard of Clairvaux: 1090–1153; 4. Cistercians and Cluniacs: the controversy between St Bernard and Peter the Venerable; 5. The case of St William of York; 6. Archbishop Thomas Becket: a character study; 7. The censured opinions of Uthred of Boldon; 8. The last abbot of Wigmore; 9. The monastic buildings of England; 10. Jean Mabillon; 11. Cardinal Gasquet as an historian; 12. Edward Cuthbert Butler: 1858–1934; A bibliography of the writings of Dom David Knowles; Index.

The Historian and Character

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 30 October 2008
      ISBN-13 9780521088411
      978-0521088411
      ISBN-10 0521088410
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      History: theory and methods

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This collection of essays and articles by Dom David Knowles was presented to him by his colleagues, friends and pupils on his retirement from the Regius Chair of Modern History at Cambridge in the summer of 1963.

      Table of Contents

      Frontispiece: Dom David Knowles, from a photograph by Edward Leigh; Subscribers' dedication; Editor's note; Curriculum Vitae W. A. Pantin; List of abbreviations; 1. The historian and character; 2. The humanism of the twelfth century; 3. St Bernard of Clairvaux: 1090–1153; 4. Cistercians and Cluniacs: the controversy between St Bernard and Peter the Venerable; 5. The case of St William of York; 6. Archbishop Thomas Becket: a character study; 7. The censured opinions of Uthred of Boldon; 8. The last abbot of Wigmore; 9. The monastic buildings of England; 10. Jean Mabillon; 11. Cardinal Gasquet as an historian; 12. Edward Cuthbert Butler: 1858–1934; A bibliography of the writings of Dom David Knowles; Index.

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