Monastic studies usually focus upon the post-Conquest period; here, in valuable contrast, the focus is on pre-Conquest monastic foundations, in the present-day counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Tim Pestell considers the place of the monastery in wider landscapes - topographical, social, economic and...

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Main Author:	Pestell, Tim (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Suffolk Boydell & Brewer 2004
Series:	Anglo-Saxon studies 5
Subjects:	Geschichte 650-1200 Kirchengeschichte Monasticism and religious orders / England / East Anglia Monasteries / England / East Anglia Kloster East Anglia (England) / Church history East Anglia
Online Access:	BSB01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Summary:	Monastic studies usually focus upon the post-Conquest period; here, in valuable contrast, the focus is on pre-Conquest monastic foundations, in the present-day counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Tim Pestell considers the place of the monastery in wider landscapes - topographical, social, economic and political. He observes that by 1215 the Diocese of Norwich contained about a tenth of all English monasteries, a remarkable richness of patronage was no sudden flush of enthusiasm, but a manifestation of religious devotion that had been evolving in East Anglia since the seventh-century Conversion. By integrating archaeological and historical sources, Dr Pestell presents an in-depth examination of where and how communal religious life developed in the region over half a millennium. In so doing, he demonstrates how the more visible and better-evidenced post-Conquest monastic landscape was typically structured by its Anglo-Saxon past. <BR> <BR> Dr TIM PESTELL is Curator of Archaeology at Norwich Castle Museum
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 279 pages)
ISBN:	9781846152368