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The English abbey, its life and work in the middle ages / by F. H. Crossley, with a foreword by the Right Hon. W. Ormsby-Gore, illustrated by photographs by the author and others, and by drawings by Brian Cook.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating BX2592 .C76 1936
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crossley, Frederick Herbert, 1868-1955.
- Series:
- English countryside series.
- The English countryside series.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abbeys--Great Britain.
- Abbeys.
- Monasticism and religious orders--Great Britain.
- Monasticism and religious orders.
- Middle Ages.
- Church architecture--Great Britain.
- Church architecture.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Endpapers (Binding)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 114 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations (including map) plates (2 color) 2 folded plans. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : C. Scribner's; London : B. T. Batsford, 1936.
- Contents:
- I. Introduction: The origins of monasteries
- the orders
- II. The convent
- The various officers
- Abbot
- Prior
- Sub-Prior
- Precentor and Succentor
- Sacrist and his officials
- Cellarer
- Sub-Cellarer
- Kitchener
- Fraterer
- Chamberlain
- Master of the Farmery
- Hosteller
- Almoner
- bailiff and other officers
- Monks and Canons Novices and their master
- Conversi
- or lay-brethren
- Hired servants
- Other inhabitants
- III. The monastery
- The church
- The Claustral buildings
- IV. The daily life
- The services
- Life in the cloister
- The processions
- V. Administration
- Management and mismanagement
- Spiritualities
- Temporalities
- Expenditure
- Levies and taxes
- Pestilence and war
- VI. Building
- The layout
- Building an abbey
- Canterbury
- Westminster
- Vale Royal
- Transport
- Accounts and wages
- Water supplies
- Drainage
- Architects and workmen
- VII. Social reactions
- Literature and the arts
- Hospitality and almsgiving
- Landlords and land workers
- The statute of Mortmain
- Town monasteries
- Monastic relatiosn
- Relations with lords and nobles
- The suppression
- Epilogue & list of books.
- Notes:
- Plans on lining-papers.
- "Printed in Great Britain."
- Bibliography: pages 106-107.
- OCLC:
- 2129175
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