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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964744903321

Titolo

The heads of religious houses : 940-1216 / / edited by David Knowles, C.N.L. Brooke, Vera C.M. London / with new material by C.N.L. Brooke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-107-12375-5

1-280-15487-X

0-511-11966-6

0-511-04167-5

0-511-15363-5

0-511-32798-6

0-511-49622-2

0-511-04399-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xlvii, 360 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

The heads of religious houses, England and Wales ; ; v.1

Altri autori (Persone)

KnowlesDavid <1896-1974.>

BrookeChristopher Nugent Lawrence

LondonVera C. M

Disciplina

271.00942

Soggetti

Monasticism and religious orders - England - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Monasticism and religious orders - Wales - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500

England Church history 1066-1485

Wales History 1063-1536

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 1972.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

[1]. 940-1216 -- [2]. 1216-1377.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first of two volumes, now covering the heads of religious houses in England and Wales from the tenth-century reform to the death of Edward III, 940-1377. This first volume, by the great master of monastic history, Dom David Knowles, aided by Christopher Brooke and Vera London, was published first in 1972 and was quickly recognised as a major work of reference, noted for its mastery of accurate detail. It has now been brought up to date with substantial addenda and



corrigenda by Christopher Brooke. The 1972 volume covers the period 940-1216, and comprises fully documented, critical lists of monastic superiors, with succinct biographical details. It is an essential foundation for all prosopographical study of the religious history of the period; and the precise chronology that it underpins is invaluable for dating innumerable undated documents. As such, the book is a fundamental tool of medieval research.