The Heads of Religious Houses
England and Wales, III. 1377–1540
Part of The Heads of Religious Houses
- Editor: David M. Smith, University of York
- Date Published: March 2008
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521865081
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This final volume of the Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales series takes the lists of monastic superiors from 1377 to the dissolution of the monastic houses ending in 1540 and so concludes a reference work covering six hundred years of monastic history. In addition to surviving monastic archives, record sources have also been provided by episcopal and papal registers, governmental 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; the Cluniacs; the Grandmontines; the Cistercians; the Carthusians; the Augustinian canons; the Premonstratensians; the Gilbertine order; the Trinitarian houses; the Bonhommes; and the nuns. An introduction discusses the use and history of the lists and examines critically the sources on which they are based.
Read more- The much anticipated final volume of the series Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales
- A standard reference work for medieval ecclesiastical and social historians
- Uses a wide range of ecclesiastical and secular archival sources of the period
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Review of the hardback: 'David Smith's immensely impressive effort of research has produced a definitive study which will be useful for decades: that is perhaps the greatest accolade one can pay to a book in the current publish-or-perish environment.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History
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- Date Published: March 2008
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521865081
- length: 912 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 48 mm
- weight: 1.564kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction:
1. The purpose and scope
2. The materials
3. The arrangement of the lists
Part II. Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 1377–1540:
4. The Benedictine houses
5. Independent houses
6. Dependencies
7. Alien priories
8. The Cluniac houses
9. The Grandmontine houses
10. The Cistercian houses
11. The Carthusian monks
12. The Augustinian canons
13. The Premonstratensian canons
14. The Gilbertine canons and nuns
15. The Trinitarian houses
16. Monasteries of bonhommes
17. Unidentified orders
18. The nuns
Corrigenda and addenda to volume ii (2001).
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