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

Knowles, Dom David

ISBN 10: 0521054796 / ISBN 13: 9780521054799

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1976

About this Item

Cloth. xxi, 780 pages. Index, bib. Frontis. Previous owner's bookplate, gift inscription. Shelfworn, general wear.

Seller Inventory # CNH00005613

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Monastic Order in England: A History of its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 940-1216
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521054796
• ISBN 13: 9780521054799
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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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.

Book Description

This book 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.