Author: Thomas WalsinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani
Author: Thomas WalsinghamGesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani
Author: Thomas WalsinghamPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108046827
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
An 1867-9 edition of a late fourteenth-century history of the abbots of St Albans, covering six centuries (793-1393).
Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani: A. D. 793-1290
Author: Thomas WalsinghamGesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani: A. D. 1349-1411
Author: Thomas WalsinghamDeeds of the Abbots of St Albans
Author: James G. ClarkPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783270764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1009
Book Description
The Deeds of the abbots of St Albans records the history of one of the most important abbeys in England, closely linked to the royal family and home to a school of distinguished chroniclers, including Matthew Paris and Thomas Walsingham. It offers many insights into the life of the monastery, its buildings and its role as a maker of books, and covers the period from the Conquest to the mid-fifteenth century. The Deeds of the abbots of St Albans is the longest continuous chronicle of a medieval monastery in England, following its fortunes from its first foundation in the wake of the first Viking raids to its status as a proud and prosperous pillar of the church establishment more than six centuries later. More than merely a common, conventual annal, the Deeds drew contributions from the most accomplished chroniclers of the St Albans school including Matthew Paris, Thomas Walsingham and perhaps William Rishanger. It is a history of one of the most important abbeys, under royal patronage and always at the apex of the church hierarchy; it also offers a glimpse of life inside the monastic community from the Conquest to within a century of the Dissolution. There are detailed descriptions of the building, and rebuilding, of the abbey church, and recounts the abbey's commitment to the making of books, from thefirst flowering of the scriptorium in the twelfth century - when a famous psalter was made for the anchorite Christina of Markyate - to its Indian summer in the years before 1400 under Thomas Walsingham himself. There are rare snapshots of the daily routine of the monks, their liturgical observances, their interactions with their staff, tenants, townspeople and guests. And it captures the colour and character of the celebrated figures seen at the abbey, from King John to Edward the Black Prince.
Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani
Author: Thomas WalsinghamPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021044839
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani ad 793-1290 is a medieval Latin chronicle detailing the history of St. Albans Abbey in England. This book is an important historical document, shedding light on the political and social issues of the time as well as the religious practices of the abbey. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani: A. D. 1290-1349: Introduction. Sectio secunda, continuata. Sectio tertia, a Thoma Walsingham conscripta (1867)
Author: Thomas WalsinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani: A. D. 1349-1411: Introduction. Sectio tertia, continuata. Gesta abbatum ... continuata. MS. Coll. Corp. Christi, Cant. no. VII Glossary. Index (1869)
Author: Thomas WalsinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani: A. D. 1290-1349: Introduction. Sectio secunda, continuata. Sectio tertia, a Thoma Walsingham conscripta. 1867
Author: Abingdon AbbeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
The Abbot and the Rule
Author: Michelle StillPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351895303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
St Albans was one of the greatest Benedictine abbeys of medieval England, and the early 14th century was a period during which the concerns of the community and the role of the abbot emerge particularly clearly. Yet the history of the abbey during this period has received little attention since general surveys undertaken over eighty years ago, and the manorial history by Levett in 1938. Basing herself on the unique and relatively unexploited Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani, Michelle Still examines the position of St Albans in both the secular and monastic worlds, with a focus on the period 1290-1349. The study includes discussion of the role of the abbot as a feudal landlord, a provider of education (at the abbey's grammar school), and a dispenser of charity. In conclusion, she notes the pivotal importance of the personality and influence of the abbot of St Albans in ensuring the strict observance of the Rule of St Benedict in an age when traditional monasticism was increasingly challenged. Through the detailed study of this one abbey, this book makes an important contribution to the overall picture of monastic life in medieval England.