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Author : Colin Platt
Publisher : Harvill Secker
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UVA:X000667415
Author : Colin Platt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : England
ISBN : 0760700559
Author : James G. Clark
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1843833212
Examinations of the culture - artistic, material, musical - of English monasteries in the six centuries between the Conquest and the Dissolution. The cultural remains of England's abbeys and priories have always attracted scholarly attention but too often they have been studied in isolation, appreciated only for their artistic, codicological or intellectual features and notfor the insights they offer into the patterns of life and thought - the underlying norms, values and mentalité - of the communities of men and women which made them. Indeed, the distinguished monastic historian David Knowles doubted there would ever be sufficient evidence to recover "the mentality of the ordinary cloister monk". These twelve essays challenge this view. They exploit newly catalogued and newly discovered evidence - manuscript books, wall paintings, and even the traces of original monastic music - to recover the cultural dynamics of a cross-section of male and female communities. It is often claimed that over time the cultural traditions of the monasteries were suffocated by secular trends but here it is suggested that many houses remained a major cultural force even on the verge of the Reformation. James G. Clark is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. Contributors: DAVID BELL, ROGER BOWERS, JAMES CLARK, BARRIE COLLETT, MARY ERLER, G. R. EVANS, MIRIAM GILL, JOAN GREATREX, JULIAN HASELDINE, J. D. NORTH, ALAN PIPER, AND R. M. THOMSON.
Author : Barbara Harvey
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191591730
This fascinating account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's most important monastic communities is also a broad exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages, by one of its most distinguished historians. - ;This is an authoritative account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's greatest monastic communities. It is also a wide-ranging exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages and early sixteenth century, by one of its most distinguished historians. Barbara Harvey exploits the exceptionally rich archives of the Benedictine foundation of Westminster to the full, offering numerous vivid insights into the lives of the Westminster monks, their dependants, and their benefactors. She examines the charitable practices of the monks, their food and drink, their illnesses and their deaths, the number and conditions of employment of their servants, and their controversial practice of granting corrodies (pensions made up in large measure of benefits in kind). All these topics Miss Harvey considers in the context both of religious institutions in general, and of the secular world. Full of colour and interest, Living and Dying in England is an original and highly readable contribution to medieval history, and that of the early sixteenth century. - ;By one of the greatest authorities on the subject -
Author : Martin Heale
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 184383054X
"This study charts for the first time the history of the 140 or so daughter houses of English monasteries, which have always been overshadowed by the French cells in England, the so-called alien priories. The first part of the book examines the reasons for the foundation of these monasteries and the relations between dependent priories and their mother houses, bishops and patrons. The second part investigates everyday life in cells, the priories' interaction with their neighbours and their economic viability. The unusual pattern of dissolution of these houses is also revealed. Because of the tremendous bulk of material to survive for English dependencies, this is the most detailed account of a group of small monasteries yet written. Although daughter houses are in many ways unrepresentative of other lesser monasteries, their experience sheds a great deal of light on the world of the small religious house, and suggests that these shadowy institutions were far more central to medieval religion and society than has been appreciated."--BOOK JACKET
Author : Janet Burton,Karen Stöber
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781783161812
Concise histories of the religious houses of post-Conquest Wales with a full introduction to the history of medieval monasticism in Wales, written by two established monastic historians Up-to-date assessment of the standing remains of Wales’s medieval abbeys and priories Practical user-friendly visitor guide to the religious houses of medieval Wales Visually attractive format, highly illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, drawings, maps and ground plans Extensive bibliography and suggestions for further reading
Author : Geoffrey N. Wright
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 074780589X
What exactly is an abbey and does it differ from a priory? This book clarifies the seeming confusion by answering these questions and much more besides. This new edition, in a larger format, includes descriptions of over 200 individual sites open to the public and over 90 colour photographs.
Author : Roland William Morant
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781412026048
This resource guide aims to assemble within one volume brief details of all the surviving buildings in England and Wales as well as smaller artifacts which may be described collectively as contents. The guide is targeted both at researchers from a variety of disciplines - historical, archaeological and architectural etc. - as well as at individual heritage enthusiasts who wish to track down items of particular interest. It is also hoped that it will become a standard of reference in libraries. About 580 monastic houses are referred to in the text, the author having visited almost all of them over a period of fifteen years. As far as the author is aware, no comprehensive effort has been made to bring this data together within one book. The work seeks therefore to fill a significant information gap.
Author : Roger Rosewell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780747812906
An illustrated look at life in abbeys and priories, and within the monastic orders, in the middle ages. Monasteries are among the most intriguing and enduring symbols of Britain's medieval heritage. Simultaneously places of prayer and spirituality, power and charity, learning and invention, they survive today as haunting ruins, great houses and as some of our most important cathedrals and churches. This book examines the growth of monasticism and the different orders of monks; the architecture and administration of monasteries; the daily life of monks and nuns; the art of monasteries and their libraries; their role in caring for the poor and sick; their power and wealth; their decline and suppression; and their ruin and rescue. With beautiful photographs, it illustrates some of Britain's finest surviving monastic buildings such as the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral and the awe-inspiring ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire.
Author : Glyn Coppack
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015025378301
Examines the ruins of abbeys in England and presents their findings.
Author : James G. Clark
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843839736
A comprehensive survey of the origins, development, and influence of the most important monastic order in the middle ages.
Author : Glyn Coppack
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781445612072
The story of England's medieval Abbeys and Priories!
Author : Martin Heale
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191006968
The importance of the medieval abbot needs no particular emphasis. The monastic superiors of late medieval England ruled over thousands of monks and canons, who swore to them vows of obedience; they were prominent figures in royal and church government; and collectively they controlled properties worth around double the Crown's annual ordinary income. Moreover, as guardians of regular observance and the primary interface between their monastery and the wider world, abbots and priors were pivotal to the effective functioning and well-being of the monastic order. The Abbots and Priors of Late Medieval and Reformation England provides the first detailed study of English male monastic superiors, exploring their evolving role and reputation between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. Individual chapters examine the election and selection of late medieval monastic heads; the internal functions of the superior as the father of the community; the head of house as administrator; abbatial living standards and modes of display; monastic superiors' public role in service of the Church and Crown; their external relations and reputation; the interaction between monastic heads and the government in Henry VIII's England; the Dissolution of the monasteries; and the afterlives of abbots and priors following the suppression of their houses. This study of monastic leadership sheds much valuable light on the religious houses of late medieval and early Tudor England, including their spiritual life, administration, spending priorities, and their multi-faceted relations with the outside world. The Abbots and Priors of Late Medieval and Reformation England also elucidates the crucial part played by monastic superiors in the dramatic events of the 1530s, when many heads surrendered their monasteries into the hands of Henry VIII.
Author : Frederick Herbert Crossley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Abbeys
ISBN : UOM:39015062913978
Author : Martin Heale
Publisher : Manchester Medieval Sources
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015080823571
"Monasticism in Late Medieval England, c.1300-1535 provides the first collection of translated sources on this subject. The volume covers both male and female houses of all orders and sizes, and offers a range of new perspectives on the character and reputation of English monasteries in the later middle ages. The documents, many translated into English for the first time, illuminate every facet of monastic life in late medieval England. The first section surveys the internal affairs of English monasteries, including recruitment, the monastic economy, standards of observance and learning. The second part looks at the relations between monasteries and the world, exploring the monastic contribution to late medieval religion and society and lay attitudes towards monks and nuns in the years leading up to the Dissolution."--Publisher description.
