Deeds Of The Abbots Of St Albans

Author : James G. Clark
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783270764
Total Pages : 1009 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deeds of the Abbots of St Albans written by James G. Clark and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2019 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Deeds of the abbots of St Albans records the history of one of the most important abbeys in England, closely linked to the royal family and home to a school of distinguished chroniclers, including Matthew Paris and Thomas Walsingham. It offers many insights into the life of the monastery, its buildings and its role as a maker of books, and covers the period from the Conquest to the mid-fifteenth century. The Deeds of the abbots of St Albans is the longest continuous chronicle of a medieval monastery in England, following its fortunes from its first foundation in the wake of the first Viking raids to its status as a proud and prosperous pillar of the church establishment more than six centuries later. More than merely a common, conventual annal, the Deeds drew contributions from the most accomplished chroniclers of the St Albans school including Matthew Paris, Thomas Walsingham and perhaps William Rishanger. It is a history of one of the most important abbeys, under royal patronage and always at the apex of the church hierarchy; it also offers a glimpse of life inside the monastic community from the Conquest to within a century of the Dissolution. There are detailed descriptions of the building, and rebuilding, of the abbey church, and recounts the abbey's commitment to the making of books, from thefirst flowering of the scriptorium in the twelfth century - when a famous psalter was made for the anchorite Christina of Markyate - to its Indian summer in the years before 1400 under Thomas Walsingham himself. There are rare snapshots of the daily routine of the monks, their liturgical observances, their interactions with their staff, tenants, townspeople and guests. And it captures the colour and character of the celebrated figures seen at the abbey, from King John to Edward the Black Prince.

Author : Thomas Walsingham
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022617308
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani written by Thomas Walsingham and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani ad 793-1290 is a medieval Latin chronicle detailing the history of St. Albans Abbey in England. This book is an important historical document, shedding light on the political and social issues of the time as well as the religious practices of the abbey. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : St. Albans abbey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The abbots of St. Albans, a chronicle written by St. Albans abbey and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michelle Still
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351895303
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Abbot and the Rule written by Michelle Still and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Albans was one of the greatest Benedictine abbeys of medieval England, and the early 14th century was a period during which the concerns of the community and the role of the abbot emerge particularly clearly. Yet the history of the abbey during this period has received little attention since general surveys undertaken over eighty years ago, and the manorial history by Levett in 1938. Basing herself on the unique and relatively unexploited Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani, Michelle Still examines the position of St Albans in both the secular and monastic worlds, with a focus on the period 1290-1349. The study includes discussion of the role of the abbot as a feudal landlord, a provider of education (at the abbey's grammar school), and a dispenser of charity. In conclusion, she notes the pivotal importance of the personality and influence of the abbot of St Albans in ensuring the strict observance of the Rule of St Benedict in an age when traditional monasticism was increasingly challenged. Through the detailed study of this one abbey, this book makes an important contribution to the overall picture of monastic life in medieval England.

Author : St Albans Abbey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781021267245
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Abbots of St. Albans: A Chronicle written by St Albans Abbey and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathy Lavezzo
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816637355
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imagining a Medieval English Nation written by Kathy Lavezzo and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive analysis of English national identity in the late Middle Ages. During the late Middle Ages, the increasing expansion of administrative, legal, and military systems by a central government, together with the greater involvement of the commons in national life, brought England closer than ever to political nationhood. Examining a diverse array of texts--ranging from Latin and vernacular historiography to Lollard tracts, Ricardian poetry, and chivalric treatises--this volume reveals the variety of forms "England" assumed when it was imagined in the medieval West. These essays disrupt conventional thinking about the relationship between premodernity and modernity, challenge traditional preconceptions regarding the origins of the nation, and complicate theories about the workings of nationalism. Imagining a Medieval English Nation is not only a collection of new readings of major canonical works by leading medievalists, it is among the first book-length analyses on the subject and of critical interest.

Author : Thomas Cahill
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307755134
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Irish Saved Civilization written by Thomas Cahill and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.

Author : Cathedral Church of Saint Albans (SAINT ALBANS)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Abbots of St. Albans ... A Chronicle written by Cathedral Church of Saint Albans (SAINT ALBANS) and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laurence Frederic Rushbrook Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Abbey of St. Alban written by Laurence Frederic Rushbrook Williams and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roberta Gilchrist
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108496547
Total Pages : 275 pages
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Download or read book Sacred Heritage written by Roberta Gilchrist and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forges innovative connections between monastic archaeology and heritage studies, revealing new perspectives on sacred heritage, identity, medieval healing, magic and memory. This title is available as Open Access.