This book traces the development of monasticism in England, Scotland and Wales from 1000 to 1300. It explores the nature of the impact of the Norman Settlement on monastic life, how Britain responded to new, European ideas, and also to the needs of religious women. Every aspect of the life and work of the religious orders is covered, from their daily life to their contribution to intellectual developments. Particular attention is paid to the relationships between religious houses and their founders and patrons, showing the degree of dependence on local patrons and the tension between the religious life and the pressures of the world.
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Tracing the development of monasticism in England, Scotland and Wales, this text explores the impact of the Norman Settlement, how Britain responded to new, European ideas, and the needs of religious women, as well as the relationships between the orders and their founders and patrons.
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Monasticism reached Anglo-Saxon England with the mission sent by Pope Gregory the Great from Rome in 597 to begin the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Monks, Strata Florida, Christ Church, Bury St Edmunds, Rule of St Benedict, Rule of St Augustine, Cistercian Order, King David, Regularis Concordia, Black Monks, Fountains Abbey, King Stephen, Llanthony Prima, Friars Minor, Friars Preacher, Black Canons, Black Friars, Edward the Confessor, King Henry, Gilbertine Order, Strata Marcella, Anglo-Saxon England, Matthew Paris, Old English, Thomas of Eccleston New!
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Monasticism reached Anglo-Saxon England with the mission sent by Pope Gregory the Great from Rome in 597 to begin the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Monks, Strata Florida, Christ Church, Bury St Edmunds, Rule of St Benedict, Rule of St Augustine, Cistercian Order, King David, Regularis Concordia, Black Monks, Fountains Abbey, King Stephen, Llanthony Prima, Friars Minor, Friars Preacher, Black Canons, Black Friars, Edward the Confessor, King Henry, Gilbertine Order, Strata Marcella, Anglo-Saxon England, Matthew Paris, Old English, Thomas of Eccleston New!
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- Welsh Cistercians: Written to Commemorate the Centenary of the Death of Stephen William Williams (1837-1899), the Father of Cistercian Archaeology in Wales by David H. Williams on 13 pages
- Matthew Paris (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: New Series) by Richard Vaughan on 7 pages
- Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 28 by Michael Lapidge on 7 pages
- Illustrated Chronicles of Matthew Paris: Monastic Life in the Thirteenth Century by Matthew Paris on 7 pages
- The Life of Ailred of Rievaulx (Oxford Medieval Texts) by Walter Daniel on 5 pages
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- Chaucer and the Late Medieval World by Lillian M. Bisson in Back Matter
- Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c.1240-1540 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by F. Donald Logan in Back Matter
- Medieval England: An Encyclopedia (Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages) by Paul E. Szarmach on page 523
- A History of the Church in the Middle Ages by F Donald Logan on page 151
- Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 24 by Michael Lapidge in Back Matter
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