Overview

Founded by Benedict Biscop in the late 7th century, the twin monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow achieved an international reputation through the writings of Bede. Destroyed in the mid 9th century the house was refounded in the 11th and survives to this day as a seat of religious scholarship. This report describes the excavations undertaken at the two sites by Rosemary Cramp between 1959 and 1988. They showed that the founder did indeed build in stone ""in the Roman manner"" as the early texts describe, and they provide important evidence into the evolution of monastic plans at this early period. The finds indicate the economic and the international contacts maintained by the monastery, including exotic pottery, and the greatest quantity of 7th and 8th century coloured window glass from any comparable site. From the later monasteries the evidence demonstrates the changing local and regional economies, and the cemeteries provide long-term demographic evidence. This first volume provides an authoritative study of the fabric and strctures of these two establishments; a second volume will describe the finds and their contexts.

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Author:   Rosemary Cramp
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Historic England
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.955kg
ISBN:  

9781873592939

ISBN 10:   1873592930
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   24 December 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
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Table of Contents

Part I Introduction The excavations The pre-monastic background The documentary history Part II: Wearmouth Interventions and discoveries pre-1959 St Peter's Church The excavations south of St Peter's Church The Wearmouth burial ground The excavated Anglo-Saxon structures The excavated Late Saxon and Norman structures The medieval and post-medieval occupation Part III: Jarrow Introduction: the Anglo-Saxon period Excavations around the church The Jarrow pre-Norman burial ground The excavated monastic buildings The Late Anglo-Saxon/Early Medieval The medieval occupation The monastic buildings and the Norman and medieval phase 1 occupation The Later Medieval phase 2 occupation The boundaries of the medieval cell on the south: Jarrow Slake excavations 1973-1976 The post-Dissolution occupation of the site Part IV: Discussion section The changing economy of the sites The Anglo-Saxon monastic sites of Wearmouth/Jarrow within the context of their time Conclusions and prospects Part V: Reference section Appendices

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a scholarly yet readable account' -- Tim Pestell British Archaeology 2006

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