Monasteries and Society in the British Isles in the Later Middle Ages

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84383-386-4
Verlag: Early English Text Society

Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 270 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion

New essays on the monastic life in the later middle ages show that far from being in decline, it remained rich and vibrant.

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 diverseaspects 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.

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burton, Janet

Stober, Karen

Weitere Mitwirkende

Abram, Andrew

Cross, Claire

Ó Clabaigh, Colmán

Jamroziak, Emilia

Coppack, Glyn

Clark, James G.

Burton, Janet

Kerr, Julie

Stober, Karen

Curran, Kimm

Heale, Martin

Hicks, Michael

Orme, Nicholas

Sweetinburgh, Sheila

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
The Social Networks of Late Medieval Welsh Monasteries - Karen Stober
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
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 ScotlandCommunity in Late Medieval Scotland - Kimm Curran
Monasteries and Secular Education in Late Medieval England - James G. Clark
`Make Straight in the Desert a Highway for our God': the Carthusians and Community in Late Medieval England - Glyn Coppack
Early Franciscan Legislation and Lay Society -
The Austin Friars in Late Medieval Canterbury: Negotiating Spaces - Sheila Sweetinburgh
Monasteries in Medieval Cornwall: Mediocrity or Merit? - Nicholas Orme
Monasteries and Society in Sixteenth-Century Yorkshire: the Last Years of Roche Abbey - Claire Cross

Über Autor(innen)

Burton, Janet
Janet Burton is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history.

Burton, Janet
Janet Burton is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history.

Hicks, Michael
MICHAEL HICKS, the academic director, is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Winchester and author of Richard III: The Self-Made King (Yale, 2019), among many other books and articles.

Curran, Kimm
Kimm Curran is an independent researcher. Her expertise is in communities of women religious in Scotland, medieval women's monastic landscapes and heritage, and prosopography.

Sweetinburgh, Sheila
Sheila Sweetinburgh is a Principal Research Fellow in the Centre for Kent History and Heritage at Canterbury Christ Church University and editor of Early Medieval Kent, 800-1220 (Boydell, 2016) and Later Medieval Kent, 1220-1540 (Boydell, 2018).