Religious Orders Vol 1 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521295666)

This is the first of a series of volumes which have become recognised as one of the great monuments of English historical scholarship. The late Dom David Knowles began work on the subject in 1929; The Monastic Order in England appeared in 1948, 1955 and 1959. This volume begins the account of a whole way of Christian life and a unique element of English civilisation, from Anglo-Saxon times to the mid-sixteenth century. It opens with a survey of monastic life and activities of the old orders to 1340; goes on to record the impact of the Friars, and concludes with a general survey of the monasteries and their world.

Author: David Knowles
ISBN-10: 0521295661
ISBN-13: 9780521295666
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/27/1979
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.08w x 0.92d