Author: O'Dell Travers HillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monasticism and religious orders
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
English Monasticism
Author: O'Dell Travers HillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monasticism and religious orders
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
The Culture of Medieval English Monasticism
Author: James G. ClarkPublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781843833215
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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.
Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, C.600-900
Author: Sarah FootPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521859468
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
A major 2006 history of English monasticism between the sixth and tenth centuries.
Monasticism in late medieval England, c.1300–1535
Author: Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 184779307X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
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 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. This book is an ideal introduction to this topic for students and scholars. Supported by an extended and accessible introduction this collection of documents gives an unrivalled insight into the last phase of monastic life in medieval England.
Monasticism in Late Medieval England, C.1300-1535
Author: Martin HealePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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 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. This book is an ideal introduction to this topic for students and scholars. Supported by an extended and accessible introduction, this collection of documents gives an unrivalled insight into the last phase of monastic life in medieval England.
Monastic Life in the Medieval British Isles
Author: Julie KerrPublisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786833190
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This book celebrates the work and contribution of Professor Janet Burton to medieval monastic studies in Britain. Burton has fundamentally changed approaches to the study of religious foundations in regional contexts (Yorkshire and Wales), placing importance on social networks for monastic structures and female Cistercian communities in medieval Britain; moreover, she has pioneered research on the canons and their place in medieval English and Welsh societies. This Festschrift comprises contributions by her colleagues, former students and friends – leading scholars in the field – who engage with and develop themes that are integral to Burton’s work. The rich and diverse collection in the present volume represents original work on religious life in the British Isles from the twelfth to the sixteenth century as homage to the transformative contribution that Burton has made to medieval monastic studies in the British Isles.
Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain, 1000-1300
Author: Janet BurtonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521377973
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This book traces the development of monasticism in England, Scotland and Wales from the last half century of Anglo-Saxon England to 1300. It explores the nature of the impact of the Norman settlement on monastic life, and how Britain responded to new, European ideas on monastic life. In particular, it examines Britain's response to the needs of religious women. It covers every aspect of the life and work of the religious orders: their daily life, the buildings in which they lived, their contribution to intellectual developments and to the economy. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between religious houses and their founders and patrons. This shows the degree of dependence of religious houses on local patrons. Indeed, one major theme which emerges from the book is the constant tension between the ideals of monastic communities and the demands of the world.
The Art and Architecture of English Benedictine Monasteries, 1300-1540
Author: Julian M. LuxfordPublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843831538
Category : Art patronage
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Highly Commended in the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize 2007 The patronage of Benedictine art and architecture, and the circumstances that made it possible and desirable, reveal much about the ambitions, beliefs and allegiances of both the order and those who interacted with it; moreover, analysis of such patronage also improves our understanding of some of the most important and beautiful buildings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass and other artefacts surviving from the middle ages.In this survey, focussing on the Benedictine monasteries and nunneries in south-west England (including Glastonbury) during the 240 years leading up to the dissolution of the religious orders under Henry VIII, the author discusses the question in terms of 'internal' practice, initiated by Benedictine monks and nuns, and 'external' practice, for which non-monastic agents were responsible; and analyses the historical circumstances affecting the commission and the purchase of art and architecture. Throughout, he takes care to situate the study of buildings and their embellishment within the broader context of Benedictine culture. The text is lavishly illustrated with forty-five black and white plates of art, architecture and documents, many of which have not previously been reproduced. Dr JULIAN M. LUXFORD is Lecturer at the School of Art History, St Andrews University.
English Monastic Finances in the Later Middle Ages
Author: Robert Hugh SnapePublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Monasticism and religious orders
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
English Monastic Finances in the Later Middle Ages
Author: R. H. SnapePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107455545
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Originally published in 1926, this book provides a discussion of the finances and administration of monasteries in England during the medieval period.