The dependent priories of medieval English monasteries /

Although hundreds of dependent priories were founded across medieval Europe, they remain little studied and much misunderstood. Usually dismissed as just administrative units, many were in fact genuine religious houses set up for spiritual reasons. This study charts for the first time the history of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heale, Martin, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press, 2004.
Series:Studies in the history of medieval religion ; v. 22.
Subjects:
600-1500
Monasticism and religious orders > England > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Priories > England.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > Angleterre > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Prieurés > Angleterre > Histoire.
Prieurés > Angleterre.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Monasticism and religious orders > Middle Ages
Priories
Abdijen.
Kloosters.
Stichtingen.
Afhankelijkheid (algemeen)
England > Church history > 1066-1485.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 1066-1485.
England
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The foundation of English cells
  • The constitutional affairs of English cells
  • 'A source of weakness'? : mother houses and their daughters
  • Monastic life in dependent priories
  • Dependent priories and their neighbours
  • The economy of English cells
  • Epilogue: The dissolution of English cells.

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