The Late Medieval Cistercian Monastery Of Fountains Abbey Yorkshire

Author : Michael Spence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782503567716
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Late Medieval Cistercian Monastery of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire written by Michael Spence and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1132, Fountains Abbey became the wealthiest English Cistercian monastery - yet relatively little analysis has been made of its surviving records to investigate how its wealth was controlled and sustained. This book deals with this secular aspect of the religious community at Fountains, investigating in particular the way in which prosaic business records were compiled and redacted. It traces the transmission of data from original charters through successive versions of cartularies, and in the process establishes the existence of a previously unknown manuscript. It also reveals how abbots in the fifteenth century interacted with and adapted the records in their care. In this process, two quite different aspects of monastic life are uncovered. First, it sheds new light on the history of Fountains Abbey through the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, amongst other things how it responded to the turmoil of the Black Death, and discloses for the first time the allegiance of one abbot to the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses. Second, it reveals the worldly skills shown by the community of Fountains that were successfully applied to exploit the monastery's large landholdings across Yorkshire, mainly through wool and agricultural production, but also through fisheries, tanning, mining, and metalworking. The economic success of these activities enabled the abbey to become a prosperous institution which rivalled the wealth of the aristocracy. This book addresses recordkeeping and archival memory at one, Cistercian, monastery - albeit a well-endowed and prosperous one - in the north of England. However, its treatment of archival sources could be extended to other houses in different geographical locations and different orders, to enable comparisons between monasteries dealing with economic change and social and political upheaval in the later Middle Ages.

Author : Glyn Coppack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Fountains Abbey written by Glyn Coppack and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the stunning 18th-century landscaped park of Studley Royal in Yorkshire, lies the ruins of Fountains Abbey, one of the finest examples of Cistercian architecture in Europe. Based on contemporary documentary evidence, excavations, and conservation work over the past 30 years, Glyn Coppack outlines the history from the first frontier mission center in 1132 to its subsequent growth through the centuries.

Author : Mick Aston
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445612100
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Monasteries in the Landscape written by Mick Aston and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beginnings and development of Monasteries in the Landscape!

Author : Andrew Abram
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843833867
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Monasteries and Society in the British Isles in the Later Middle Ages written by Andrew Abram and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 diverse aspects 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

Author : George Hodges
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Fountains Abbey written by George Hodges and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Janet E. Burton
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 184383667X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Cistercians in the Middle Ages written by Janet E. Burton and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cistercians (White Monks) were the most successful monastic experiment to emerge from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the 11th and 12th centuries. This book seeks to explore the phenomenon that was the Cistercian Order.

Author : Monika Brenišínová
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803273259
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book (Trans)missions: Monasteries as Sites of Cultural Transfers written by Monika Brenišínová and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the Catholic tradition of consecrated life (vita religiosa) from the High Middle Ages to the present. It gathers papers by authors from various disciplinary backgrounds, in particular art history, history, anthropology and translation studies.

Author : Arnold Whitaker Oxford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Ruins of Fountains Abbey written by Arnold Whitaker Oxford and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Glyn Coppack
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book English Heritage Book of Fountains Abbey written by Glyn Coppack and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ruins of Fountains Abbey are among the best known and most visited monastic remains in Europe - the ruins and the park they stand in receive in excess of 300,000 visitors a year. This book summarizes recent research which has led to a substantial re-interpretation of the abbey's development. By a comprehensive study of its site, using the techniques of historian, architect and archaeologist, it is possible to recreate the story of this fascinating and beautiful building.

Author : Glyn Coppack
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789253179
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Mount Grace Priory: Excavations of 1957–1992 written by Glyn Coppack and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owned by the National Trust and managed by English Heritage, Mount Grace Priory in North Yorkshire, established in 1398 and suppressed in 1539, was one of only nine successful Carthusian monasteries in England and one of the best-preserved medieval houses of that order in Europe. First excavated by Sir William St John Hope in 1896-1900 and in state guardianship since 1955 it is acknowledged as a type site for late-medieval Carthusian monasteries. The modern study of Mount Grace began in 1957 when Hope’s interpretation of the monks’ cells about the great cloister was found to be simplistic. This was followed between 1968 and 1974 by the excavation of individual monks’ cells in the west range of the great cloister and two cells in the north range, together with their gardens, areas not excavated by Hope. The examination of the monks’ cells was completed in 1985 by the excavation of the central cell of the north cloister range, together with its garden and the cloister alley outside the cell. The cultural material recovered from these cells indicated the ‘trade’ each monk practiced, predominantly the copying and binding of books. Because each cell was enclosed by high walls, the pottery and metalwork recovered could be identified to an individual monk. In 1987 English Heritage commissioned the re-excavation of two areas that had been examined by Hope, the water tower in the great cloister and the prior’s cell, refectory and kitchen in the south cloister range and the guest house in the west range of the inner court. The contrast between this semi-public area of the monastery and the monks’ cells was dramatic. Coupled with this excavation was a reappraisal of the architectural development of the monastery and reconstruction of lost structures such as the cloister alley walls and the central water tower.