The Heads of Religious Houses 3 Volume Hardback Set
England and Wales, 940-1540
Published on 20. March 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
2118 pages
978-0-521-89727-3 (ISBN)
Description
These three volumes form a major reference work covering six hundred years of monastic history. The volumes comprise fully documented, critical lists of monastic superiors from the tenth century reform to the dissolution of the monastic houses ending in 1540. Record sources have been provided by surviving monastic archives, episcopal and papal registers, governmental enrolments and archives, court records, private, family and estate collections. Full references are given for establishing the dates and outline of the career of each abbot or prior, abbess or prioress, when known. The lists are arranged by order: the Benedictine houses (independent; dependencies; and alien priories); the Cluniacs; the Grandmontines; the Cistercians; the Carthusians; the Augustinian canons; the Premonstratensians; the Gilbertine order; the Trinitarian houses; the Bonhommes; and the nuns. The volumes provide an essential foundation for all prosopographical study of the religious history of the period and are a fundamental tool of medieval research.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Volume II: 'The editors are to be congratulated for producing a fine volume which will join Volume I as an indispensable part of any medieval historian's library.' English Historical Review Praise for Volumes I and II: 'The ... scholarship is meticulous: the information and references on which all judgements are based are given in great detail ... the compressed material is laid out with such clarity that both rapid scanning and close reading are easy ... It is to be hoped that the remaining 163 years of monasticism in England and Wales will be covered in a third volume, to complete this already fine monument to medieval scholarship.' Welsh History Review Praise for Volumes I and II: '... these two volumes constitute a major contribution to the grand and continuing project of unlocking the Middle Ages.' The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'The invaluable volumes are astonishing compilations of information ... No one working in English or Welsh medieval monastic history, and Cistercian history in particular, can afford to be without access to these fundamental volumes, and we can only be grateful to the compilers for providing us with such invaluable tools and such a rich mine of information.' Citeaux Commentarii CisterciensesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 140 mm
Weight
3629 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-89727-3 (9780521897273)
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Persons
C. N. L. Brooke is Dixie Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. David Knowles was formerly Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Peterhouse. Vera London was an independent scholar. In addition to being a co-editor of Volumes I and II of Heads of Religious Houses, she published editions of the Cartularies of Canonsleigh Abbey and Bradenstoke Priory. David M. Smith is Emeritus Professor, University of York.
Content
VOLUME I Preface (2001); Preface (1972); Introduction; Heads of religious houses: England and Wales 940-1216; The Benedictine houses; Independent houses; Dependencies; Alien priories; The Cluniac houses; The Cistercian houses; The Carthusian monks; The Augustinian canons; The Premonstratensian canons; The Gilbertine canons and nuns; The Nuns; Appendices; Addendum; Corrigenda; Index of heads; Index of religious houses. VOLUME II Preface; Manuscript sources cited; Printed books and articles cited, with abbreviated references; Other abbreviations; Introduction; Heads of religious houses: England and Wales 1216-1377; 1. The Benedictine houses; 2. The Cluniac houses; 3. The Grandmontine houses; 4. The Cistercian houses; 5. The Carthusian houses; 6. The Augustinian canons; 7. The Premonstratensian canons; 8. The Gilbertine canons and nuns; 9. The Trinitarian houses; 10. Monasteries of Bonhommes; 11. Unidentified order and uncertain status; 12. The nuns; Index of heads; Index of religious houses. VOLUME III Introduction: I. The purpose and scope; II. The materials; III. The arrangement of the lists; Heads of religious houses: England and Wales 1377-1540; The Benedictine houses: Independent houses; Dependencies; Alien priories; The Cluniac houses; The Grandmontine houses; The Cistercian houses; The Carthusian monks; The Augustinian canons; The Premonstratensian canons; The Gilbertine canons and nuns; The Trinitarian houses; Monasteries of bonhommes; Unidentified orders; The nuns; Corrigenda and addenda to volume II (2001).