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MONASTERIES IN THE LANDSCAPE

by Mick Aston

Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st thus. 2009

Slightly better than very good condition. Examining the place of monasteries in the landscape - how they affected and were affected by the countryside in which they were built. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour photos. 223 pages including index.

Covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

ISBN: 9781848686861
Stock no. 1830245

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Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Monasteries in the landscape
  • 2 The earliest monasteries
  • 3 Anglo-Saxon monasteries before the Vikings
  • 4 Saxon and Norman monasteries
  • 5 The New Orders
  • 6 Monastic precincts
  • 7 Monastic estates, lands and buildings
  • 8 The Latter Middle Ages and the Dissolution
  • 9 From the Dissolution to the present day
  • Further reading
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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