The Heads of Religious Houses
Title | The Heads of Religious Houses PDF eBook |
Author | David Knowles |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2001-08-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1139430742 |
This is the first of two volumes, now covering the heads of religious houses in England and Wales from the tenth-century reform to the death of Edward III, 940–1377. This first volume, by the great master of monastic history, Dom David Knowles, aided by Christopher Brooke and Vera London, was published first in 1972 and was quickly recognised as a major work of reference, noted for its mastery of accurate detail. It has now been brought up to date with substantial addenda and corrigenda by Christopher Brooke. The 1972 volume covers the period 940–1216, and comprises fully documented, critical lists of monastic superiors, with succinct biographical details. It is an essential foundation for all prosopographical study of the religious history of the period; and the precise chronology that it underpins is invaluable for dating innumerable undated documents. As such, the book is a fundamental tool of medieval research.
An Account of the Religious Houses Formerly Situated on the Eastern Side of the River Witham
Title | An Account of the Religious Houses Formerly Situated on the Eastern Side of the River Witham PDF eBook |
Author | Geo Oliver |
Publisher | |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 1846 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A glance behind the grilles of religious houses in France [by J. C. Byrne].
Title | A glance behind the grilles of religious houses in France [by J. C. Byrne]. PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Clara Byrne |
Publisher | |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1855 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Religious Houses of Yorkshire...
Title | The Religious Houses of Yorkshire... PDF eBook |
Author | George Lawton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 1853 |
Genre | Monasticism and religious orders |
ISBN |
Visitations of Religious Houses in the Diocese of Lincoln
Title | Visitations of Religious Houses in the Diocese of Lincoln PDF eBook |
Author | Catholic Church. Diocese of Lincoln (England). Bishop (1420-1431 : Fleming) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 510 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Self-representation of Medieval Religious Communities
Title | Self-representation of Medieval Religious Communities PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Müller |
Publisher | LIT Verlag Münster |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Christian art and symbolism |
ISBN | 382581758X |
This book explores the medieval monastery as symbolic space (locus symbolicus) and looks at forms of self-representation in medieval monastic life. Papers focus on both the transitory nature of organised religious life, which is based on symbols, and the separate identities religious communities developed by using their own specific forms of ritual and symbolisation. Case studies treat the British Isles and the broader European context. Among the key issues explored here are rituals in internal organisation, the symbolic use of space, architecture and art, symbolism in social interactions, and symbolic constructions of the past.
The Heads of Religious Houses
Title | The Heads of Religious Houses PDF eBook |
Author | David M. Smith |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 802 |
Release | 2001-08-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1139428926 |
This book is a continuation of The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940–1216, edited by Knowles, Brooke and London (1972), continuing the lists from 1216 to 1377, arranged by religious order. An introduction examines critically the sources on which they are based.