Overview
Providing an account of the life of the Westminster Abbey community in the 11th and 12th centuries, this work records the abbey's growth in power and influence following its significant endowment by Edward the Confessor, who adopted it as his burial church. It traces the monastic community's history and development to the end of the reign of King John, and studies its most notable personalities in detail. The author examines the careers of the abbots, and of priors, monks, scribes, craftsmen, lay servants, clerics in the monastic churches, personnel of the royal Court associated with the abbey, visiting legates and other prelates - and the laity who frequented the abbey. She also considers the community's dealings with the growing ecclesiastical bureaucracy, the management of properties such as its parochial churches, its relationship with other religious houses, and its promotion of cults and festivals.
Full Product Details
Author: Emma Mason
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: The Boydell Press
Volume: v. 9
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.001kg
ISBN: 9780851153964
ISBN 10: 0851153968
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 28 October 1996
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
`It was near to the royal palace and, until the construction of a palace chapel in the mid-twelfth century, the king, when in residence, heard mass in the abbey. It was the site of coronation and ritual crown-wearing. Westminster is thus to be seen in the context of royal government and the court. To balance this aspect, it is also viewed in the context of the monastic world of Westminster's cells and houses with which it had entered into bonds of conytraternity... Highly readable.' HISTORY A notable addition to a growing body of knowledge about medieval Westminster... from the time when Edward the Confessor adopted the church as his burial place and handsomely endowed it, until the end of John's reign... a dense and learned study. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Extremely helpful for anyone working with Westminster Abbey and its muniments, and an instructive model for those dealing with o working with Westminster Abbey and its muniments, and an instructive model for those dealing with other bodies of monasti
It was near to the royal palace and, until the construction of a palace chapel in the mid-twelfth century, the king, when in residence, heard mass in the abbey. It was the site of coronation and ritual crown-wearing. Westminster is thus to be seen in the context of royal government and the court. To balance this aspect, it is also viewed in the context of the monastic world of Westminster's cells and houses with which it had entered into bonds of conytraternity... Highly readable.' HISTORY A notable addition to a growing body of knowledge about medieval Westminster... from the time when Edward the Confessor adopted the church as his burial place and handsomely endowed it, until the end of John's reign... a dense and learned study. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Extremely helpful for anyone working with Westminster Abbey and its muniments, and an instructive model for those dealing with other bodies of monastic records. SPECULUM Highly readable. HISTORY Indispensable resource. CHURCH HISTORY
