The dissolution of the monasteries : a new history /
Clark, James G.
The dissolution of the monasteries : a new history / James G. Clark. - x, 689 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs (colour)
"Shortly before Easter, 1540 saw the end of almost a millennium of monastic life in England. Until then religious houses had acted as a focus for education, literary, and artistic expression and even the creation of regional and national identity. Their closure, carried out in just four years between 1536 and 1540, caused a dislocation of people and a disruption of life not seen in England since the Norman Conquest. Drawing on the records of national and regional archives as well as archaeological remains, James Clark explores the little-known lives of the last men and women who lived in England’s monasteries before the Reformation. Clark challenges received wisdom, showing that buildings were not immediately demolished and Henry VIII’s subjects were so attached to the religious houses that they kept fixtures and fittings as souvenirs. This rich, vivid history brings back into focus the prominent place of abbeys, priories, and friaries in the lives of the English people."--
https://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300115727 accessed 7 January 2022.
9780300115727
GBC1A4823 UK
Monasteries--History.--Great Britain
Great Britain--Politics and government--1509-1547
Great Britain--Church history--16th century.
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547
941.052
The dissolution of the monasteries : a new history / James G. Clark. - x, 689 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs (colour)
"Shortly before Easter, 1540 saw the end of almost a millennium of monastic life in England. Until then religious houses had acted as a focus for education, literary, and artistic expression and even the creation of regional and national identity. Their closure, carried out in just four years between 1536 and 1540, caused a dislocation of people and a disruption of life not seen in England since the Norman Conquest. Drawing on the records of national and regional archives as well as archaeological remains, James Clark explores the little-known lives of the last men and women who lived in England’s monasteries before the Reformation. Clark challenges received wisdom, showing that buildings were not immediately demolished and Henry VIII’s subjects were so attached to the religious houses that they kept fixtures and fittings as souvenirs. This rich, vivid history brings back into focus the prominent place of abbeys, priories, and friaries in the lives of the English people."--
https://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300115727 accessed 7 January 2022.
9780300115727
GBC1A4823 UK
Monasteries--History.--Great Britain
Great Britain--Politics and government--1509-1547
Great Britain--Church history--16th century.
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547
941.052