The dissolution of the monasteries : a new history / James G. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, James G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders--England--History--16th century.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Monasteries--England--History--16th century.

Monasteries.

History.

England--Church history--16th century.

England.

Church history.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 687 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Shortly before Easter, 1540 saw the end of almost a millennium of monastic life in England. Until then religious houses had acted as a focus for education, literary, and artistic expression and even the creation of regional and national identity. Their closure, carried out in just four years between 1536 and 1540, caused a dislocation of people and a disruption of life not seen in England since the Norman Conquest.0Drawing on the records of national and regional archives as well as archaeological remains, James Clark explores the little-known lives of the last men and women who lived in England's monasteries before the Reformation. Clark challenges received wisdom, showing that buildings were not immediately demolished and Henry VIII's subjects were so attached to the religious houses that they kept fixtures and fittings as souvenirs. This rich, vivid history brings back into focus the prominent place of abbeys, priories, and friaries in the lives of the English people.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Part I

I. The Legend of the Cloister

II. The Religious Profession

III. A Regular World

Part II

IV. The Tudor Reformation

V. The King's Commissions

VI. The Challenge of Conformity

VII. Punysshid, Subprest and Put Downe

Part III

VIII. Nothing Endid

IX. Changes of Habit

X. The Old World and the New.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0300115725

9780300115727

OCLC:

1243263176

Publisher Number:

99988700523