Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales, 1066-1216

The first systematic investigation of monastic dedications in England and Wales.

List of contents

Part 1: scope of the work; the nature of the evidence; the ceremony of dedication; chronological patterns 1066-1216; dedications of individual monastic orders; the choice of a patron saint; compound dedications - origins; how dedications were used - flexibility and change. Part 2 Catalogue of monastic houses: the Benedictines; the Benedictine alien priories; the Cluniacs; the Augustinian canons; Cistercian houses with a patron saint additional to the Blessed Virgin; the Premonstratensian canons; houses of Gilbertine canons; priories of Gilbertine canons and nuns; the Carthusians.

Product details

• Authors: Alison Binns
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1989
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 518 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries