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Informationen zum Autor Roger Rosewell is the News and Features Editor of Vidimus, the international online magazine about medieval stained glass. Educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, he is the author of an award-winning study of medieval wall paintings and is a member of the Royal Photographic Society. He wrote Stained Glass for Shire and also writes at www.rogerrosewell.com Klappentext Monasteries are among the most intriguing and enduring symbols of England's medieval heritage. Simultaneously places of prayer and spirituality, power and charity, learning and invention, illusion and superstition, they survive today as haunting ruins, great houses and as some of our most important cathedrals and churches. This book examines the growth of monasticism and the different orders of monks; the architecture and administration of monasteries, the daily life of monks and nuns, the art of monasteries and their libraries, their role in caring for the poor and sick, their power and wealth, their decline and suppression, their ruin and rescue. Many of Britain's greatest churches, including Westminster Abbey, Canterbury, Durham and Gloucester cathedrals were once monasteries. So too were some of Britain's most evocative and awe-inspiring ruins such as Fountain's Abbey in Yorkshire and Tintern Abbey in Wales. This book tells the story of devotion, work and prayer behind those magnificent edifices. An illustrated look at life in abbeys and priories, and within the monastic orders, in the middle ages. Zusammenfassung A concise, superbly illustrated guide to Britain's medieval monasteries. Rosewell provides basic information on the different monastic orders, the monastic layout and architecture, the administration of the monastery, the round of prayer, food and drink, sign language, illness, learning, charity and pilgrimage. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionThe Four Monastic OrdersBecoming a MonkThe Architecture of MonasteriesManaging a MonasteryDaily Life I: Prayer, Study, WorkDaily Life II: Personal LifeDaily Life III: DomesticBeyond the CloisterNunneriesThe Other OrdersDissolutionFurther Reading and WebsitesPlaces to Visit Index...
