Eadmer of Canterbury

This book represents the first volume of essays entirely devoted to celebrated monastic author Eadmer of Canterbury (c. 1060–1120s). Showcasing new research from the fields of medieval manuscript studies, medieval intellectual, ecclesiastical, and political history, medieval literature, theology, and exegisis, the essays here aim to shape future discourses on one of the most widely-read (but often overlooked) figures in the Anglo-Norman intellectual landscape.Contributors are: William M. Aird, Thomas Barrows, Robert F. Berkhofer III, Stephanie Britton, Roberto J. De La Noval, Jesse Patrick Harrington, Fiona Harris-Stoertz, Ryan Kemp, Michael C. Magree, S.J., Benjamin Pohl, Hilary Powell, Charles C. Rozier, Leah Tether, Sally N. Vaughn, Teresa Webber, and Katherine Weikert.

Charles C. Rozier, Ph.D. (2014), Durham University, is a lecturer in early medieval history at the University of Kent. He has published widely on the writing and circulation of historical texts in medieval Europe, including Writing History in the Community of St Cuthbert, c.700–1130 (2020).Jesse Patrick Harrington, Ph.D. (2018), University of Cambridge, is a research fellow at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. He has published widely on the religious and literary cultures and institutions of medieval Europe.