Details

Subject(s)

• Abbots—England—History [Browse]
• Priories—England—History [Browse]
• Monasticism and religious orders—England—History—Middle Ages, 600-1500 [Browse]
• Monasticism and religious orders—England—History—16th century [Browse]
• England—Church history—1066-1485 [Browse]
• England—Church history—1485- [Browse]

Summary note

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.

Notes

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 5, 2016).

ISBN

9780191772221 (ebook) :

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