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A monastic renaissance at St. Albans : Thomas Walsingham and his circle, c. 1350-1440 / James G. Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, James G., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walsingham, Thomas, active 1360-1420--Friends and associates.
- Walsingham, Thomas.
- Walsingham, Thomas, active 1360-1420--Homes and haunts--England--St. Albans.
- Walsingham, Thomas, active 1360-1420.
- St. Albans Abbey.
- Historians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Historians.
- Historiography--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Historiography.
- Monastic and religious life--England--St. Albans--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Monastic and religious life.
- Monasticism and religious orders--England--St. Albans--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Monasticism and religious orders.
- England--Intellectual life--1066-1485.
- England.
- Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485--Historiography.
- Great Britain.
- St. Albans (England)--Intellectual life--To 1500.
- St. Albans (England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 316 p. ) 1 online resource (ill.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Challenging the notion that monastic culture was in decline towards the end of the middle ages, this title looks at the work of Thomas Walsingham - one of the most prolific English writers of the period - demonstrating that there is evidence of a revival comparable to the continetal Renaissance.
- Contents:
- Introduction; 1. St Albans in the Later Middle Ages; 2. Education; 3. Books; 4. Patterns of Reading; 5. Walsingham, History, and Literature; 6. Classicism; 7. Public Issues; Conclusion; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Oxford University, 1997.
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-303) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04190-3
- 1-280-84400-0
- 0-19-151531-0
- OCLC:
- 1406786256
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