Landscapes of Monastic Foundation : The Establishment of Religious Houses in East Anglia, c.650-1200 Hardback
by Dr Timothy Pestell
Part of the Anglo-Saxon Studies series
Hardback
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A history of monastic foundations in East Anglia, from the middle Anglo-Saxon period to the Normans. 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 suddenflush 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. Dr TIM PESTELL is Curator of Archaeology at Norwich Castle Museum.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages, 11 b/w, 50 line illus.
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:01/11/2002
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- ISBN:9781843830627
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages, 11 b/w, 50 line illus.
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:01/11/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9781843830627
