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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Heale, Martin, 1974-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press, 2004.
Collection:Studies in the history of medieval religion ; v. 22.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.