Monasteries and society in the British Isles in the later Middle Ages /

New essays on the monastic life in the later Middle Ages show that far from being in decline, it remained rich and vibrant.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Burton, Janet (Medievalist), Stöber, Karen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2008.
Series:Studies in the history of medieval religion ; v. 35.
Subjects:
600-1500
Monastic and religious life > Great Britain > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Vie religieuse et monastique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Monasticism.
Monastic and religious life > Middle Ages
Mönchtum
Kloster
Great Britain
Großbritannien
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The meeting of the worlds. The social networks of late medieval Welsh monasteries / Karen Stöber
  • Cistercian hospitality in the later Middle Ages / Julie Kerr
  • Cistercians and border conflicts: some comparisons between the experiences of Scotland and Pomerania / Emilia Jamroziak
  • 'Not a thing for a stranger to enter upon': the selection of monastic superiors in late medieval and Tudor England / Martin Heale
  • Religious houses and their patrons and benefactors. Patronage, prestige and politics: the observant Franciscans at Adare / Colmán Ó Clabaigh
  • The Augustinian priory of Wombridge and its benefactors in the later Middle Ages / Andrew Abram
  • The rising price of piety in the later Middle Ages / Michael Hicks
  • Looking for medieval nuns / Janet Burton
  • "Quhat say ye now, my lady priores? How have ye usit your office, can ye ges?': politics, power and realities of the office of a prioress in her community in late medieval Scotland / Kimm Perkins-Curran.
  • Monasteries and education. Monasteries and secular education in late medieval England / James G. Clark
  • 'Make straight in the desert a highway for our God': Carthusians and community in late medieval England / Glyn Coppack
  • Monasteries and open space. Early Franciscan legislation and lay society / Jens Röhrkasten
  • The Austin Friars in late medieval Canterbury: negotiating spaces / Sheila Sweetinburgh
  • Religious houses in the region. Monasteries in medieval Cornwall: mediocrity or merit? / Nicholas Orme
  • Monasteries and society in sixteenth-century Yorkshire: the last years of Roche Abbey / Claire Cross.

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