Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. List of Contributors vii
5. Editorial Preface viii
6. List of Abbreviations xii
7. 1. An Introduction to Herbert of Bosham 1
8. 2. Master Herbert: Becket’s eruditus, Envoy, Adviser, and Ghost-writer? 29
9. 3. Herbert of Bosham and Peter Lombard 55
10. 4. Pages Covered with as Many Tears as Notes: Herbert of Bosham and the Glossed Manuscripts for Thomas Becket 64
11. 5. Scholarship as a Weapon: Herbert of Bosham’s Letter Collection 87
12. 6. Time, Change and History in Herbert of Bosham’s Historia 104
13. 7. John Allen Giles and Herbert of Bosham: The Criminous Clerk as Editor 127
14. 8. The Missing Leaves of Arras MS 649: A Tale of Lost and Found 156
15. 9. Encounters with Herbert of Bosham 168
16. Appendix: A New Letter of Herbert of Bosham (1175 x 1178) 184
17. Select Bibliography 189
18. Index 195