The friaries of medieval London : from foundation to dissolution /

The friaries of medieval London formed an important part of the city's physical and spiritual landscape between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. These urban monasteries housed 300 or more preacher-monks who lived an enclosed religious life and went out into the city to preach. The most i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Holder, Nick (Archaeologist and historian) (Author)
Other Authors: Betts, Ian M. (Contributor), Röhrkasten, Jens (Contributor), Samuel, Mark Wycliffe (Contributor), Steer, Christian (conhtributor.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2017.
Series:Studies in the history of medieval religion ; v. 46.
Subjects:
To 1500
Monasteries > England > London > History > To 1500.
Monastic and religious life > England > London > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Vie religieuse et monastique > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Religious.
RELIGION > Monasticism.
Buildings
Monasteries
Monastic and religious life > Middle Ages
London (England) > Buildings, structures, etc.
England > London
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The nine London friaries. The first Black friars in Holborn, c. 1223-86
  • The second Black friars, 1275-1538
  • The third Black friars at St Bartholomew's, 1556-9
  • Grey friars, 1225-1538
  • White friars, c. 1247-1538
  • Austin friars, c. 1265-1538
  • Crossed friars, c. 1268-1538
  • Sack friars, c. 1270-1305
  • Pied friars, 1267-1317
  • Part II. The London friars and their friaries. Churches
  • Precincts and the use of space
  • Architecture and architectural fragments of the London friaries / Mark Samuel
  • Floor tiles and building materials from the London friaries / Ian Betts
  • Water supply
  • Economy
  • Spiritual life and education in the London friaries / Jens Röhrkasten
  • Burial and commemoration in the London friaries / Christian Steer
  • London friars and Londoners
  • Dissolution.

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