Timothy Pestell

Landscapes of Monastic Foundation (eBook, PDF)

The Establishment of Religious Houses in East Anglia, c.650-1200

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Produktbeschreibung

A history of monastic foundations in East Anglia, from the middle Anglo-Saxon period to the Normans.

Monastic studies usually focus upon the post-Conquest period; here, in valuable contrast, the focus is on pre-Conquest monastic foundations, in the present-day counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Tim Pestell considers the place of the monastery in wider landscapes - topographical, social, economic and political. He observes that by 1215 the Diocese of Norwich contained about a tenth of all English monasteries, a remarkable richness of patronage was no suddenflush of enthusiasm, but a manifestation of religious devotion that had been evolving in East Anglia since the seventh-century Conversion. By integrating archaeological and historical sources, Dr Pestell presents an in-depth examination of where and how communal religious life developed in the region over half a millennium. In so doing, he demonstrates how the more visible and better-evidenced post-Conquest monastic landscape was typically structured by its Anglo-Saxon past.

Dr TIM PESTELL is Curator of Archaeology at Norwich Castle Museum.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846152368
• Artikelnr.: 56168615

Autorenporträt

Tim Pestell