Official Correspondence of Thomas Bekynton
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Official Correspondence of Thomas Bekynton by Thomas Beckington
Thomas Beckington (c.1390 1465), Bishop of Bath and Wells, was hugely influential in Church affairs and government during the reign of Henry VI. He had become the king's secretary by 1438 and played an important role in an embassy appointed to negotiate peace with France in 1443. His intimacy with the king undoubtedly aided his compiling of the vast array of documents and letters many from Beckington himself presented in this two-volume work. It was edited for the Rolls Series in 1872 by George Williams (1814 78), a Church of England clergyman and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, who, like Beckington, had close links to Eton College. The collection as a whole, presented in the original Latin, illuminates the foreign, diplomatic and domestic affairs of fifteenth-century England. Volume 2 also contains an appendix of illustrative documents, a glossary of rare words and a biographical index.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781108048972 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108048978 |
| Title | Official Correspondence of Thomas Bekynton |
| Author | Thomas Beckington |
| Series | Official Correspondence Of Thomas Bekynton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2012-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 476 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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