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Submitted by Philippa Hoskin on Tue 20/10/2009 - 14:15
Project start date: 1973-01 Project end date: 2010-31

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.

Method information: 
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Methods usedCategory
Manual input and transcriptionData capture
Funding sources: 
Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB), British Academy
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

Data Formats created: 
Text file (TXT)
Metadata information: 
Metadata used? yes. Standards employed: 
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 York

Project staff and expertise: 

Principal staff member:Dr Philippa Hoskin
Other staff:
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Metadata on this arts-humanities.net record
Author(s) of recordPhilippa Hoskin
TitleEnglish Episcopal Acta
Record created2009-10-20
Record updated2010-01-25 16:57
URL of recordhttp://www.arts-humanities.net/node/2115
Citation of recordPhilippa Hoskin: English Episcopal Acta. <http://www.arts-humanities.net/node/2115> created: 2009-10-20, last updated 2010-01-25 16:57
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