Syon Abbey and Its Books - Reading, Writing and Religion, C.1400-1700

Essays on the turbulent history of Syon Abbey, focussing on the role played by reading and writing in constructing its identity and experience.

List of contents

Introduction Syon Abbey and its Books: Origins, Influences and Transitions - E.A. Jones and Alexandra M Walsham
The Brothers of Syon, 1420-1695 - Peter Cunich
Syon Abbey: Women and Learning c.1415-1600 - Virginia Bainbridge
Syon and the English Market for Continental Printed Books: The Incunable Phase - Vincent Gillespie
'Moche profitable unto religious persones, gathered by a brother of Syon': Syon Abbey and English Books - C. Annette Grise
Continuity and Isolation: The Bridgettines of Syon in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries - Claire Walker
Books and Reading at Syon Abbey, Lisbon, in the Seventeenth Century - Caroline Bowden
The Syon Martiloge - Claes Gejrot
Syon Abbey Preserved: Some Historians of Syon - Ann M. Hutchison
Appendix: Syon Abbey's books at the University of Exeter

Product details

• Authors: E. A. Jones
• Assisted by: E A Jones (Editor), E. A. Jones (Editor), Alexandra Walsham (Editor), Alexandra M Walsham (Editor), Alexandra M. Walsham (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2010
• EAN: 9781843835479
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-547-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 771 g
• Series: Studies in Modern British Reli
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Medieval, History - General History