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Medieval Monasteries
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Eynsham: A village and its Abbey
by Alan Hardy, with illustrations by Ros Smith
For five hundred years the small village of Eynsham in Oxfordshire has lived with the hazy memory of a great Benedictine abbey that once flourished at its heart. In recent years major archaeological excavations have revealed much of the abbey s remains and intriguing evidence of settlement going back 3000 years. Here for the first time the history and the archaeology have been combined to bring to life the story of the village and its abbey, and ...
Paperback. Price US$8.00
Requiem: The Medieval Monastic Cemetery in Britain
by Roberta Gilchrist and Barney Sloane
This volume challenges previous assumptions about medieval burial through comprehensive study of excavated monastic cemeteries. Some 8000 graves are analysed from more than 70 cemeteries in England, Wales and Scotland, focusing principally on medieval religious houses (c.1050-c.1600) with comparative evidence from cathedrals, parish churches and Jewish cemeteries. The book is complemented by a fully accessible, web-mounted database archived with ...
Paperback. Price US$60.00
Cistercian Abbeys
by Jean-François Leroux
The nature of the Cistercian movement resulted in a uniform style of architecture across Europe, noted for its lack of decoration and poetic atmosphere. Cistercian Abbeys traces the chronological development of this movement and depicts its major monasteries in France, England, Ireland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain and Portugal. A typical Könemann publication: massive in size, superb in illustration. 399p, many illus ...
Hardback. Price US$39.95
San Vincenzo Maggiore and its Workshops
by Richard Hodges, Sarah Leppard and John Mitchell
The San Vincenzo Project began in 1980 as a collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archaeologica del Molise. Its initial focus was the small frescoed crypt of 'San Lorenzo' (later known as the Crypt Church), which was in urgent need of conservation. Over the following eighteen years, a large multidisciplinary project was undertaken involving archaeologists, historians and art historians. This consisted of major open-area excavations of the early ...
Hardback. Price US$160.00
Between Text and Territory: Survey and Excavations in the Terra of San Vincenzo al Volturno
edited by Kim Bowes, Karen Francis and Richard Hodges
The San Vincenzo Project, focused upon the Benedictine monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno, in central Italy, was launched in 1980. In addition to developing the archaeological potential of the well-known ninth-century painted crypt of San Lorenzo and to defining the general character of the early medieval monastery, a major aim of the project was through a combination of survey and small-scale excavation within the territory to define the ...
Paperback. Price US$100.00
Surveys of Estates of Glastonbury Abbey
edited by Stacey, N E
A critical edition of six surveys of the estates of Glastonbury Abbey during the 12th century which provide evidence for the methods employed by the abbot to administer, and exploit, the monastic household and a vast number of demesne manors and peasants. The extensive introductory study of the composition and holdings of the estates are followed by the surveys themselves, in Latin, five of which have not been published before. 309p (British ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$100.00, Our Price US$9.98
Late Monasticism and the Reformation
by A G Dickens
This collection of studies by Dickens includes a reprint of his editiom of the long out-of-print The Chronicle of Butley Priory which provides a first-hand account of the final years of this Suffolk Priory during the 16th century. Essays examine the nature of English Protestantism, the English Reformation and Luther the humanist plus local studies which look at the realities of practising religion in London and Northamptonshire. 224p ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$90.00, Our Price US$14.98
Battle Abbey: the eastern range and the excavations of 1978-1980
by J.N. Hare
^BBattle Abbey: the eastern range and the excavations of 1978-1980
Paperback. Price US$18.00
Studies in Medieval Stained Glass and Monasticism
by Meredith Lillich
Lillch discusses all aspects of stained glass produced in France during the Gothic era. As well as analysing the iconography, style and hagiography of these major works of art, Lillich also considers glaziers, specific glazing techniques, grisaille and ...
Hardback. Price US$300.00
Monasticon Cartusiense Band II
edited by Gerhard Schlegel and James Hogg
This volume contains a map which locates all existing and closed charterhouses from 1084. Contributors write about charterhouses from four provinces, and the chapters are divided accordingly - Alemannioe Superioris; Alemannioe Inferioris; Rheni and ...
Paperback. Price US$60.00
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