Monasteries and society in the British Isles in the later Middle Ages
In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the history of the numerous houses of monks, canons and nuns which existed in the medieval British Isles, considering them in their wider socio-cultural-economic context; historians are now questioning some of the older assumptions about monas...
| Sumario: | In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the history of the numerous houses of monks, canons and nuns which existed in the medieval British Isles, considering them in their wider socio-cultural-economic context; historians are now questioning some of the older assumptions about monastic life in the later Middle Ages, and setting new approaches and new agenda. The present volume reflects these new trends. Its fifteen chapters assess diverse aspects of monastic history, focusing on the wide range of contacts which existed between religious communities and the laity in the later medieval British Isles, covering a range of different religious orders and houses. This period has often been considered to represent a general decline of the regular life; but on the contrary, the essays here demonstrate that there remained a rich monastic culture which, although different from that of earlier centuries, remained vibrant.<BR><BR> CONTRIBUTORS: KAREN STOBER, JULIE KERR, EMILIA JAMROZIAK, MARTIN HEALE, COLMAN O CLABAIGH, ANDREW ABRAM, MICHAEL HICKS, JANET BURTON, KIMM PERKINS-CURRAN, JAMES CLARK, GLYN COPPACK, JENS ROHRKASTEN, SHEILA SWEETINBURGH, NICHOLAS ORME, CLAIRE CROSS Monasteries and education. Monasteries and secular education in late medieval England / James G. Clark -- 'Make straight in the desert a highway for our God': Carthusians and community in late medieval England / Glyn Coppack -- Monasteries and open space. Early Franciscan legislation and lay society / Jens Röhrkasten -- The Austin Friars in late medieval Canterbury: negotiating spaces / Sheila Sweetinburgh -- Religious houses in the region. Monasteries in medieval Cornwall: mediocrity or merit? / Nicholas Orme -- Monasteries and society in sixteenth-century Yorkshire: the last years of Roche Abbey / Claire Cross The meeting of the worlds. The social networks of late medieval Welsh monasteries / Karen Stöber -- Cistercian hospitality in the later Middle Ages / Julie Kerr -- Cistercians and border conflicts: some comparisons between the experiences of Scotland and Pomerania / Emilia Jamroziak -- 'Not a thing for a stranger to enter upon': the selection of monastic superiors in late medieval and Tudor England / Martin Heale -- Religious houses and their patrons and benefactors. Patronage, prestige and politics: the observant Franciscans at Adare / Colmán Ó Clabaigh -- The Augustinian priory of Wombridge and its benefactors in the later Middle Ages / Andrew Abram -- The rising price of piety in the later Middle Ages / Michael Hicks -- Looking for medieval nuns / Janet Burton -- "Quhat say ye now, my lady priores? How have ye usit your office, can ye ges?': politics, power and realities of the office of a prioress in her community in late medieval Scotland / Kimm Perkins-Curran |
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| Notas: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017) |
| Descripción Física: | 1 Online-Ressource (252 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84615-662-5 |
