The Priests of the King's Reliquary in Anglo-Saxon England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10084550 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Thomas Lloyd (0000-0003-0538-1220, Cranbrook Institute of Science, corresponding author), James Lloyd |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 265-287 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022046915003310 |
| OpenAlex | W2292142516 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
That the priests of the Anglo-Saxon royal household functioned as a primitive chancery is a popular and reasonable hypothesis, corroborated both by contemporary continental practice and by the overlap between chancery and chapel evident from the twelfth century to the fourteenth. Evidence for an Anglo-Saxon chancellorship as such, however, remains frustratingly elusive. This paper argues for the existence of a special tier of priests entrusted with the king's reliquary and archive. It examines their role in the royal household, resolving conflicts in the evidence, to argue that the later office of chancellor evolved from their office
Ancient history · Anglo saxon · Art history · Chapel · Political science · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |