Janet Burton

Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain, 1000 1300

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a comprehensive study of the constitutional developments of the monastic orders in Britain between 1000 and 1300.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 519g
• ISBN-13: 9780521377973
• ISBN-10: 0521377978
• Artikelnr.: 21096440

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
1. Before the Normans
2. The coming of the Normans
3. The regular canons
4. The new monastic orders of the twelfth century
5. Women and the religious life
6. The mendicant orders
7. The physical setting: monastic buildings and the monastic plan
8. Inside a religious house: daily life and the chain of command
9. Learning and literary activities
10. Religious houses and the wider community: founders, patrons and benefactors
11. The monastic economy
12. On the brink of change
Glossary
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.