Jocelin, bishop of Wells [d. 1242], is an iconic figure in
his native city; but his career as courtier and statesman moved far beyond the
west country. From a family network which had produced bishops over several
generations, he played a major role in a developing diocese and mother church,
and in the growth of towns, fairs and markets in early thirteenth-century Somerset. He had a
crucial influence on the completion of what was to become Wells Cathedral, and
on the Bishop's Palace beside it.
The essays in this volume look at Jocelin's life and career from a variety of
perspectives, with a particular focus on his involvement in the building work
to complete the Cathedral, as well as the erection of the earliest part of the
Bishop's Palace. Architectural, archaeological and even botanical approaches
are used to explain the curious physical nature of the Palace site, the
significance of the work still standing there from Jocelin's time, and the possible
sites of other contemporary work. A final chapter studies the design and
purpose of Robert Burnell's additions to Jocelin's work.
Contributors: Robert Dunning, Nicholas Vincent, Jane Sayers, Diana Greenway,
Sethina Watson, Tim Tatton-Brown, Jerry Sampson, Alex Turner, Christopher
Gerrard, Keith Wilkinson, Mark Horton, David J. Hill, Matthew Reeve.
Introduction - Robert W Dunning
Jocelin of Wells: the making of a bishop in the reign of King John - Nicholas
Vincent
Jocelin of Wells and the role of the bishop in the thirteenth century - Jane
Sayers
Jocelin of Wells and his cathedral chapter - Diana Greenway
The bishop and his cathedral cities - Sethina Watson
Jocelin of Wells as a palace builder - Tim Tatton-Brown
Bishop Jocelin and his buildings in Wells - Jerry Sampson
Geophysical and geoarchaeological survey at the Bishop's Palace, Wells - CM
Gerrard
The location of Bishop Jocelin's palace at Wells - Mark Horton
Lichens on the stonework of the Bishop's Palace, Wells - David Hill
Robert Burnell and the transformation of Bishop Jocelin's Palace - Matthew M. ReeveIntroduction
- Robert W Dunning
Jocelin of Wells: the making of a bishop in the reign of King John - Nicholas
Vincent
Jocelin of Wells and the role of the bishop in the thirteenth century - Jane
Sayers
Jocelin of Wells and his cathedral chapter - Diana Greenway
The bishop and his cathedral cities - Sethina Watson
Jocelin of Wells as a palace builder - Tim Tatton-Brown
Bishop Jocelin and his buildings in Wells - Jerry Sampson
Geophysical and geoarchaeological survey at the Bishop's Palace, Wells - CM
Gerrard
The location of Bishop Jocelin's palace at Wells - Mark Horton
Lichens on the stonework of the Bishop's Palace, Wells - David Hill
Robert Burnell and the transformation of Bishop Jocelin's Palace - Matthew M.
Reeve
Gordon Plumb
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and cultureDear AllI have committed myself to writing something about the relationship between 'my' bishop and his cathedral cities (my bluff was called when I said you couldn't really have a city without a bishop). I know about my particulars but am finding it difficult to find anything general written about (preferably late) medieval bishops and their cathedral cities or, indeed, much about other individual bishops. I am rather hampered by not being able to access the RHS online bibliography.Does anyone have any bright ideas? I know of Rosser and Slater, The Church in the Medieval Town; Swanson, Church and Society and editions of episcopal registers. I hope to avoid Augustine!Many thanks in anticipation.Rosemary HayesDr RCE Hayes
18 Murrayfield Drive
Edinburgh
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