Creating and curating an archive: Bury St Edmunds and its Anglo-Saxon past

This contribution explores the mechanisms by which the Benedictine foundation of Bury St Edmunds sought to legitimise and preserve their spurious pre-Conquest privileges and holdings throughout the Middle Ages. The archive is extraordinary in terms of the large number of surviving registers and cartularies which contain copies of Anglo-Saxon charters, many of which are wholly or partly in Old English. The essay charts the changing use to which these ancient documents were put in response to threats to the foundation's continued enjoyment of its liberties. The focus throughout the essay is to demonstrate how pragmatic considerations at every stage affects the development of the archive and the ways in which these linguistically challenging texts were presented, re-presented, and represented during the Abbey’s history

On the relations between England and Rome during the earlier portion of the reign of Henry III.

"List of books to which reference is made": 3d p. l.Mode of access: Internet

Matthæi Parisiensis, monachi Sancti Albani, Chronica majora.

"A composite chronicle, containing the St. Albans compilation to the end of 1188, Roger de Wendover's chronicle, 1189-1235, both revised by Paris, and his own work from 1235 to 1259." -Dict. nat. biog.-v. 1. The creation to A.D. 1066. -v. 2. 1067-1216. -v. 3. 1216-1239. -v. 4. 1240-1247. -v. 5. 1248-1259. -v. 6 Additamenta. -v. 7. Index. Glossary.Mode of access: Internet