Abbeys and priories of medieval Wales / Janet Burton and Karen Stöber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Janet (Medievalist), author.

Contributor:

Stöber, Karen.

Sharon Kay Penman Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abbeys--Wales--History.

Abbeys.

Priories--Wales--History.

Priories.

Monastic and religious life--Wales--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Monastic and religious life.

History.

Wales--Church history.

Wales.

Church history.

Monastic and religious life--Middle Ages.

Abbeys--History--Wales.

Priories--History--Wales.

Monastic and religious life--History--Wales--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Penman, Sharon Kay (donor) (Van Pelt copy)

Physical Description:

xv, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Abbeys & priories of medieval Wales

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2015.

Summary:

"A comprehensive illustrated guide to the religious houses of Wales from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. It offers a thorough introduction to the history of the monastic orders in Wales (the Benedictines, Clumacs, Augustinians, Premonstratensians, Cistercians, the military orders and the friars) and to life inside medieval Welsh monasteries and numeries, in addition to providing the histories of almost sixty communities of religious men and women, with descriptions of the standing remains of their buildings."

Contents:

Gazetteer of Abbeys and Priories 32.

Notes:

Errata sheet of map 4 enclosed.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.

Local Notes:

Given to the Penn Libraries by Sharon Kay Penman.

Other Format:

Ebook version

ISBN:

9781783161805

1783161809

9781783161799

1783161795

OCLC:

891615657