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The Monastic Order in England

The Monastic Order in England A History of Its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940-1216

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Monastic Order in England by Dom David Knowles was originally published in 1940 and was quickly recognised as a scholarly classic and masterpiece of historical literature. It covers the period from about 940, when St Dunstan inaugurated the monastic reform by becoming abbot of Glastonbury, to the early thirteenth century. Its core is a marvellous narrative and detailed analysis of monasticism in twelfth-century England, brilliantly set in the continental background of all the monastic movements of the day - with a vivid evocation of Anselm, Ailred, Henry of Blois and a host of other central figures. Dom David himself brought this second edition up to date in 1963.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521548083
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 271.009420902
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 804
Weight: 1246g
Height: 233mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 43mm