The abbots and priors of late medieval and Reformation England / Martin Heale.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191772221 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Abbots -- England -- History | Priories -- England -- History | Monasticism and religious orders -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 | Monasticism and religious orders -- England -- History -- 16th century | England -- Church history -- 1066-1485 | England -- Church history -- 1485-Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198702535DDC classification: 271.09420902 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 5, 2016).