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Zusatztext Ultimately [...] this is a comprehensive book written with great skill, care and attention. It will be of interest to specialist and lay readers alike, but will be particularly welcomed by students of late medieval religious culture and the Reformation, both undergraduate and postgraduate, who have lacked a comparable volume of this scope and accessibility. Informationen zum Autor Martin Heale is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Liverpool, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published widely on the history of the late medieval and sixteenth-century church, with a particular focus on the religious orders. His publications include The Dependent Priories of Medieval English Monasteries, Monasticism in Late Medieval England c.1300-1535, The Late Medieval English College and its Context (co-edited with Clive Burgess) and The Prelate in England and Europe, 1300-1560. Klappentext The first extended history of the men who presided over medieval England's monasteries, examining monastic structures, lifestyles, and public relations. Heale explores how monastic roles evolved through the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to the Dissolution of the monasteries, when monastic superiors surrendered their houses to Henry VIII. Zusammenfassung The first extended history of the men who presided over medieval England's monasteries, examining monastic structures, lifestyles, and public relations. Heale explores how monastic roles evolved through the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to the Dissolution of the monasteries, when monastic superiors surrendered their houses to Henry VIII. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Election and Selection 2: Abbots and Priors in the Community 3: Abbots and Priors as Administrators 4: Living Standards and Display 5: Abbots and Priors in Public Life 6: The External Relations and Reputation of the Late Medieval Superior 7: The Early Sixteenth Century 8: Dissolution, Opposition, Accommodation 9: Epilogue: The Afterlife of Abbots and Priors in Reformation England Appendix: Abbots and Priors holding High Office in the Henrician Church, 1534-1547 Select Bibliography Index ...