The dependent priories of medieval English monasteries

Although hundreds of dependent priories were founded across medieval Europe, they remain little studied and much misunderstood. Usually dismissed as just administrative units, many were in fact genuine religious houses set up for spiritual reasons. This study charts for the first time the history of...

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Main Author: Heale, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Suffolk Boydell & Brewer 2004.
In:Year: 2004
Reviews:The dependent priories of medieval English monasteries. By Martin Heale. (Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 22.) Pp. xx + 380 incl. 8 figs and 7 tables. Woodbridge: Boydell, 2004. £50. 1 84383 054 X; 0955 2480 (2005) (Mchardy, Alison)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / Monastery / History 1000-1250
B England / Wales / Monastery / History 1000-1500
Further subjects:B Priories ; England
B Monasticism and religious orders ; England ; History ; Middle Ages, 600-1500
B England ; Church history ; 1066-1485
B England Church history 1066-1485
B Priories (England)
B Monasticism and religious orders (England) History Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Monasticism and religious orders England History, Middle Ages, 600-1500
B England Church history, 1066-1485
B Priories England
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Print version: 9781843830542
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Summary:Although hundreds of dependent priories were founded across medieval Europe, they remain little studied and much misunderstood. Usually dismissed as just administrative units, many were in fact genuine religious houses set up for spiritual reasons. This study charts for the first time the history of the 140 or so daughter houses of English monasteries, which have always been overshadowed by the French cells in England, the so-called alien priories. The first part of the book examines the reasons for the foundation of these monasteries and the relations between dependent priories and their mother houses, bishops and patrons. The second part investigates everyday life in cells, the priories' interaction with their neighbours and their economic viability. The unusual pattern of dissolution of these houses is also revealed. The experience of daughter houses sheds a great deal of light on the world of the small religious house, and suggests that these shadowy institutions were far more central to medieval religion and society than has been appreciated. MARTIN HEALE is Lecturer in Late Medieval History, University of Liverpool.
The foundation of English cells -- The constitutional affairs of English cells -- 'A source of weakness'? : mother houses and their daughters -- Monastic life in dependent priories -- Dependent priories and their neighbours -- The economy of English cells -- Epilogue: The dissolution of English cells
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ISBN:1846152313