Series editor's foreword |
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Preface and acknowledgements |
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Introduction: Monasticism in late medieval England, c. 1300-1535 |
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Monastic life in late medieval England |
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6 | (31) |
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Monasteries and the world |
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PART ONE: MONASTIC LIFE IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND |
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The essence of the monastic life: the Benedictine Rule |
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77 | (4) |
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77 | (4) |
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81 | (11) |
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The recruitment of monks to Canterbury Cathedral Priory, 1330 |
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81 | (2) |
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The ordination and profession of Benedictine nuns |
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83 | (3) |
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The estates of Meaux Abbey in the late fourteenth century |
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86 | (2) |
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The lease of a rectory, a close and a manor |
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88 | (4) |
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Everyday life and administration |
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92 | (23) |
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An account from the nunnery of St Radegund, Cambridge, 1481/82 |
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92 | (4) |
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An account from Yarmouth Priory, 1496/97 |
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96 | (5) |
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Pocket money and recreation at Eynsham Abbey, c. 1403/4 |
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101 | (3) |
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Carthusian life in late medieval England: the inventory of Thomas Golwynne, 1520 |
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104 | (2) |
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Administration in a late medieval nunnery: the cellaress of Barking |
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106 | (6) |
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The role and status of the monastic superior: the Barnwell Observances |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (10) |
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The buildings of Wilberfoss Priory, c. 1539 |
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115 | (3) |
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Construction and adornment at St Albans Abbey, 1420-40 |
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118 | (3) |
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Building at late medieval Glastonbury Abbey |
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121 | (2) |
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A Venetian observer's impressions of English monasteries, c. 1500 |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (10) |
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The Cistercians and women: access to Kirkstall Abbey church |
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125 | (1) |
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The Benedictine response to the proposed reforms of Cardinal Wolsey, 1520 |
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126 | (2) |
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The visitation of St Helen's Bishopsgate, 1439 |
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128 | (3) |
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The visitations of Cockersand Abbey, April and December 1488 |
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131 | (4) |
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135 | (12) |
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The provision for the liturgy of the Augustinian canons: Wolsey's reforming statutes, 1519 |
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135 | (2) |
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Public liturgy in a monastic church: the Rites of Durham |
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137 | (2) |
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The spirituality and asceticism of Abbot Thomas de la Mare |
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139 | (2) |
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Carthusian spirituality and sanctity: Dom John Homersley of the London Charterhouse |
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141 | (3) |
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Monastic devotion at Godstow and Missenden |
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144 | (3) |
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147 | (6) |
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Benedictine constitutions for university study, 1363 |
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147 | (3) |
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Learning in the cloister: Winchcombe Abbey under Richard Kidderminster |
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150 | (1) |
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The preface to Bishop Fox's translation of the Benedictine Rule, 1517 |
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151 | (2) |
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PART TWO: MONASTERIES AND THE WORLD |
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153 | (83) |
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Monastic foundation and suppression in the later middle ages |
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155 | (14) |
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The foundation statutes of Maxstoke Priory, 1337 |
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155 | (5) |
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The endowment of the London Charterhouse |
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160 | (4) |
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A petition for the confiscation of alien priory property, 1414 |
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164 | (2) |
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The closure of St Radegund's Priory, Cambridge, 1496 |
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166 | (3) |
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169 | (9) |
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The induction of new patrons at Marrick Priory |
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169 | (2) |
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The founders' chronicle of Tewkesbury Abbey |
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171 | (3) |
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Durham Cathedral Priory and Sir Robert Ogle: the exchange of patronage between monastery and aristocracy |
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174 | (1) |
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An unheralded benefactor of Hatfield Regis Priory, 1329 |
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175 | (3) |
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The religious services of late medieval monasteries |
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178 | (11) |
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Testamentary bequests to late medieval monasteries |
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178 | (3) |
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A letter of confraternity from Hailes Abbey |
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181 | (1) |
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Entrants into the confraternity of St Albans Abbey in the 1420s |
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182 | (4) |
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A prohibited saint cult at Frithelstock Priory, 1351-52 |
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186 | (3) |
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The social services of late medieval monasteries |
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189 | (12) |
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Monastic hospitality: Henry VI's visit to Bury St Edmunds Abbey, 1433-34 |
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189 | (4) |
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The education of Bridget Plantagenet at St Mary's Abbey, Winchester |
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193 | (2) |
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The appointment of a schoolmaster at Llanthony Secunda Priory, 1502 |
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195 | (1) |
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The reconfiguration of monastic charity at Gloucester Abbey, 1516 |
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196 | (5) |
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Relations with lay neighbours |
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201 | (12) |
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The monastery as employer: the household list of Butley Priory, 1438 |
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201 | (3) |
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Crowland Abbey and its neighbours |
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204 | (3) |
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An agreement between Reading Abbey and town, 1507 |
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207 | (4) |
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The dispute over Wymondham Church, 1409-10 |
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211 | (2) |
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Criticism of the monastic life |
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213 | (15) |
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The Vision of Piers Plowman |
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213 | (3) |
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The Order of Brothelyngham, 1348 |
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216 | (1) |
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The Lollard Disendowment Bill, 1410 |
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217 | (3) |
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Desiderius Erasmus, the letter to Abbot Paul Volz |
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220 | (3) |
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An evangelical attack on monasteries: Rede Me and Be Nott Wrothe |
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223 | (5) |
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Monasteries and the Crown |
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228 | (8) |
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The new privileges of the abbots of Tavistock |
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228 | (2) |
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Lay interference in monastic affairs: the abbot of Faversham's reply to Thomas Cromwell, 1536 |
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230 | (3) |
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Plans for monastic reform, 1529 |
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233 | (3) |
References for printed works cited |
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236 | (9) |
Index |
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