{"product_id":"monastic-hospitality-julie-kerr-9781843833260","title":"Monastic Hospitality: The Benedictines in England, C.1070-C.1250","description":"How guests were cared for in medieval monasteries, exploring the administrative, financial, spiritual and other implications. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHospitality was an integral part of medieval monastic life. In receiving guests the monks were following Christ's injunction and adhering to the Rule of St Benedict, as well as taking on an important role within society andproviding a valuable service for fellow religious.\u003cbr\u003e This book draws on a wide range of sources to explore the practice and perception of monastic hospitality in England c.1070-c. 1250, an important and illuminating time in aEuropean and an Anglo-Norman context; it examines the spiritual and worldly concerns compelling monasteries to exercise hospitality, alongside the administrative, financial and other implications of receiving and caring for guests. Analysis focuses on the great Benedictine houses of Southern England (Abingdon, Bury St Edmunds, Canterbury, Reading, St Albans) for which a substantial and diverse body of material survives, but they are set in the context of other houses and other orders (chiefly the Cistercians) to show the wider picture in both England and Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e JULIE KERR is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Kerr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843833263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843833260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.52w x 0.91d","brand":"Julie Kerr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44522576380159,"sku":"9781843833260","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed6d6bcc-ed8f-4f78-817c-fac915efb9bc.jpg?v=1700157976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monastic-hospitality-julie-kerr-9781843833260","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}