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A Monastic Community in Local Society: the Beauchief Abbey Cartulary

by David Hey, Lisa Liddy

  • Hardback
  • 316 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm

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For historians and enthusiasts of medieval studies

Highlights the canons' impact on society and agriculture

You will gain deep insights into local monastic life

This book reveals the history and influence of Beauchief Abbey in medieval England.

The Cartulary of Beauchief Abbey, here published for the first time with a full historical introduction and English summaries of all the Latin and French charters, is an invaluable resource for the study of relationships between a small community of regular canons with a large outreach in the English Midlands in the late Middle Ages. Over two hundred charters and a wide range of other sources show in considerable and valuable detail how the canons of Beauchief, although they belonged to a monastic order and led a life of withdrawal from the world, nonetheless engaged successfully with numerous benefactors in contributing, by active management of properties and parishes, to the promotion of religious life in town and country as well as to long-lasting developments in farming and industry. This book underlines the increasing recognition of the historical importance of regular canons in late medieval England.
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  • Title

    A Monastic Community in Local Society: the Beauchief Abbey Cartulary

  • Authors

    David Hey +1

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    February 2012

  • Weight

    523g

  • Page Count

    316

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107016460

  • ISBN-10

    1107016460

  • Eden Code

    4027442

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