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 : 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 : 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 : St Albans Abbey
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019499290
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Abbots of St. Albans written by St Albans Abbey 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: This book chronicles the history of St. Albans Abbey, including the lives of its various abbots. It provides insight into the daily lives of those who lived and worked in the abbey, as well as key events in the abbey's history. Readers interested in medieval history or the history of religious institutions will find this book fascinating. 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 : 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 : 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 : Thomas Walsingham
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022617308
Total Pages : 0 pages
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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 : Vivian Hunter Galbraith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Abbey of St. Albans from 1300 to the Dissolution of the Monasteries written by Vivian Hunter Galbraith and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stanhope essay, 1911.

Author : Thomas Walsingham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780950682921
Total Pages : 34 pages
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Download or read book Hugh of Eversden written by Thomas Walsingham and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Medieval Academy of America
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802082022
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Christina of Markyate written by Medieval Academy of America and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Life of Christina of Markyate", a twelfth-century English recluse and later abbess of Markyate near St Albans, is a remarkable example of late medieval hagiography. Originally written at the time of or soon after Christina's death in the twelfth century, the Life is unusual both in its relative lack of miracles, and in the unknown author's decision to write Christina's life factually rather than gathering together stock elements from previously written saint's lives, as was the custom. First published in 1959, this edition contains the original Latin text with a facing-page English translation. It is accompanied by a comprehensive Introduction that discusses the codicological problems of the text, and provides other contextual and background material. 'One of the great virtues of this Life is its vivid revelations of Christina's personal circumstances, which must have been based on her own reminiscences. Although doubts have been cast on her veracity ... they do not affect the main lines of the extraordinary story she told the author.' From the General Editors' Note