English Episcopal Acta

Project start date: 1973-01
The project's purpose is to edit and publish copies of all English episcopal acta - that is, bishops’ charters and documents - from 1066 to 1300 or until the beginning of bishops’ registers in each diocese; and to make them available both in print and electronically.
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Methods usedCategory
Manual input and transcriptionData capture
Funding sources: 
British Academy, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Content types created: 
Dataset/structured data
Source material used:  
English Episcopal Acta Series (printed by Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 1980-)
Digital resource created:  
The Episcopal Acta Project collects and edits the surviving charters of bishops from the Norman Conquest up to the end of the thirteenth century. The Episcopal Acta Database was designed in 1995-6 in conjunction with the British Academy Computing officer. In 2002 a searchable front screen was developed. Each extant copy of an actum is assigned a separate entry with information for each document entered under the following fields. Entry into this data base ceased when the research assistant working on it was no longer funded, from 2004
Access to digital resource:  
Open Access
Data Formats created: 
Text file (TXT)
Publications:  
English Episcopal Acta: Lincoln 1067-1185. Edited by David M. Smith. 1980.
English Episcopal Acta:CANTERBURY 1162-1191. Edited by C.R. Cheney and Bridgett E.A. Jones. 1986
English Episcopal Acta: CANTERBURY 1193-1205. Edited by C.R. Cheney and E. John. 1986.
English Episcopal Acta: LINCOLN 1186-1206. Edited by David M. Smith. 1986
English Episcopal Acta: YORK 1070-1154. Edited by Janet E. Burton. 1988.


English Episcopal Acta: NORWICH 1070-1214. Edited by Christopher Harper-Bill. 1990
English Episcopal Acta: HEREFORD 1079-1234. Edited by Julia Barrow. 1993
English Episcopal Acta: WINCHESTER 1070-1204. Edited by M. J. Franklin. 1993
English Episcopal Acta: WINCHESTER 1205-1238. Edited by Nicholas Vincent. 1994
English Episcopal Acta: BATH AND WELLS 1061-1205. Edited by Frances M. R. Ramsey. 1995
English Episcopal Acta: EXETER 1046-1184. Edited by Frank Barlow. 1996
English Episcopal Acta: EXETER 1186-1257. Edited by Frank Barlow. 1996
English Episcopal Acta: WORCESTER 1218-1268. Edited by Philippa M. Hoskin. 1997
English Episcopal Acta: COVENTRY AND LICHFIELD 1072-1159. Edited by M. J. Franklin. 1997.
English Episcopal Acta: LONDON 1076-1187. Edited by Falko Neininger. 1999
English Episcopal Acta: COVENTRY AND LICHFIELD 1160-1182. Edited by M. J. Franklin. 1998
English Episcopal Acta: COVENTRY AND LICHFIELD 1183-1208. Edited by M. J. Franklin. 1998
English Episcopal Acta: SALISBURY 1078-1217. Edited by Brian Kemp. 1999
English Episcopal Acta: SALISBURY 1218-1228. Edited by Brian Kemp. 2000
English Episcopal Acta: YORK 1154-1181. Edited by Marie Lovatt. 2000
English Episcopal Acta: NORWICH 1215-1243. Edited by Christopher Harper-Bill. 2000
English Episcopal Acta: CHICHESTER 1215-1253. Edited by Philippa M. Hoskin. 2001
English Episcopal Acta: CHICHESTER 1254-1305. Edited by Philippa M. Hoskin. 2001
English Episcopal Acta: DURHAM 1153-1195. Edited by M. G. Snape. 2002
English Episcopal Acta: DURHAM 1196-1237. Edited by M. G. Snape. 2002
English Episcopal Acta: LONDON 1189-1228. Edited by D.P. Johnson. 2003
English Episcopal Acta: YORK 1189-1212. Edited by Marie Lovatt. 2004
English Episcopal Acta: CANTERBURY 1070-1161. Edited by Martin Brett. 2004
English Episcopal Acta: DURHAM 1241-1283. Edited by Philippa M. Hoskin. 2005

Institutions affiliated with this project: 

UK HE institutions involved:
University of Lincoln
UK HE institutions involved:
University of York

Project staff and expertise: 

Principal staff member:Dr Philippa Hoskin
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Metadata on this arts-humanities.net record
Author(s) of recordPhilippa Hoskin
TitleEnglish Episcopal Acta
Record created2009-10-20
Record updated2011-01-14 16:32
URL of recordhttp://www.arts-humanities.net/node/2115
Citation of recordPhilippa Hoskin: English Episcopal Acta.
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created: 2009-10-20, last updated 2011-01-14 16:32