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War and the Making of Medieval Monastic Culture
The monastic life, traditionally considered as an area of withdrawal from the world, is here shown to be shaped by metaphors of war, and to be actively engaged with battle in the …
The Premonstratensian Order in Late Medieval England
Detailed study of monastic life of the English white canons, based on 15c visitation records. Monasteries were a dominant feature of the landscape of medieval England, but although …
The Lateran Church in Rome and the Ark of the Covenant: Housing the Holy Relics of Jerusalem
An examination of the tradition that the Ark of the Covenant was held in a Roman church, and how it developed. Why did the twelfth-century canons at the Lateran church (San …
Thomas Becket and his Biographers
Our major sources for the life and death of Thomas Becket are rigorously examined in this major new book. In the wake of his murder in December 1170, an extraordinarily large …
A Brotherhood of Canons Serving God
A study of the lives of cathedral clergy in the middle ages. This study focuses on the canons of the nine secular cathedrals in England in the later middle ages, who were amongst …
The Social World of the Abbey of Cava, c. 1020-1300
A pioneering, comprehensive investigation into a major Italian monastery. The Benedictine abbey of Holy Trinity, Cava, has had a continuous existence since its foundation almost …
Monastic Hospitality
How guests were cared for in medieval monasteries, exploring the administrative, financial, spiritual and other implications. Hospitality was an integral part of medieval monastic …
Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales, 1066-1216
The first systematic investigation of monastic dedications in England and Wales. The first systematic investigation of monastic dedications in England and Wales. Each entry …
English Nuns and the Law in the Middle Ages
Lawmen were crucial to the economic wellbeing of medieval nunneries; this book looks at the relationship between them and how cases were conducted. In late medieval England, …
The Church and Vale of Evesham, 700-1215
A comprehensive account of the abbey of Evesham and its surroundings, demonstrating its full significance in the wider history of the time. Provides a fine contribution to the rich …
The Last Generation of English Catholic Clergy
Traces the careers and fortunes of the last priests ordained before the Reformation. A central paradox of the English reformation is that the call to the Catholic priesthood was …
Apostate Nuns in the Later Middle Ages
A study of women who left their nunneries: their motives and actions, and the consequences for them. To make a vow is a matter of the will, to fulfill one is a matter of necessity, …