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The last divine office : Henry VIII and the dissolution of the monasteries / Geoffrey Moorhouse.
Van Pelt Library BX2596.D8 M66 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moorhouse, Geoffrey, 1931-2009.
- Standardized Title:
- Last office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Durham Cathedral--History--16th century.
- Durham Cathedral.
- Monasticism and religious orders--England--Durham--History--16th century.
- Monasticism and religious orders.
- History.
- England--Church history--1485-.
- England.
- Church history.
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
- Henry.
- England--Durham.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : BlueBridge, 2009.
- Contents:
- Ecclesiastical map of Durham, 1535
- Plan of the monastery
- Map of Durham Peninsula
- Tenebrae
- The reason why
- A prince among bishops
- The Thirtieth Prior
- Substantial poverty
- The Great Matter
- The apparatus of plunder
- The small houses fall
- The Furness example
- Buying time
- A great violation
- A new order
- The end of an era
- The iconoclast
- A great villain.
- Notes:
- Originally published: The last office. Great Britain : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Francis A. Jackson Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781933346182 :
- 1933346183
- OCLC:
- 262886733
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