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The Home of the Monk: An Account of English Monastic Life and Buildings in the Middle Ages

The Home of the Monk: An Account of English Monastic Life and Buildings in the Middle Ages

Cranage, David Herbert Somerset
David Herbert Somerset, Cranage

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History

Religion General British History

ISBN10: 1108013376
ISBN13: 9781108013376
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jul 29 2010
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
First published twice in 1926, and again in 1934 with an updated bibliography, Cranage's The Home of the Monk is a small but useful introduction for the visitor to any English monastic site. Working from surviving architectural and documentary evidence, he examines the buildings section by section, explaining how each part of an abbey was used. He briefly explains the history of the various monastic orders which existed in medieval England, and their differences from one another. He also provides plans of what constituted the typical arrangements likely to be found in Benedictine, Augustinian, Cluniac and Cistercian houses. The book provides a useful starting point for further study of medieval religious houses, and a handy guide for the occasional visitor to such sites.

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