{"product_id":"the-church-and-vale-of-david-cox-9781783270774","title":"The Church and Vale of Evesham, 700-1215: Lordship, Landscape and Prayer","description":"A comprehensive account of the abbey of Evesham and its surroundings, demonstrating its full significance in the wider history of the time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProvides a fine contribution to the rich history of the region, showing Evesham's place in the life of the medieval kingdom of England. Professor Ann Williams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In c.701, a minster was founded in the lower Avon Valleyon a deserted promontory called Evesham. Over the next five hundred years it became a Benedictine abbey and turned the Vale of Evesham into a federation of Christian communities. A landscape of scattered farms grew into one of open fields and villages, manor houses and chapels. Evesham itself developed into a town, and the abbots played a role in the affairs of the kingdom. But individual contemplation and prayer within the abbey were compromised by its corporate aspirations. As Evesham abbey waxed ever grander, exerting a national influence, it became a ready patron of the arts but had less time for private spirituality. The story ends badly in the prolonged scandal of Abbot Norreis, a libertine whose appetites caused religion to collapse at Evesham before his own sudden downfall.\u003cbr\u003e This book integrates the evidence of archaeology, maps, and documents in a continuous narrative that pays as much attention to religious and cultural life as to institutional and economic matters. It provides a complete survey over one of the most important and wealthy Benedictine abbeys and its landscape, a stage on which was enacted the tense interplay of lordship and prayer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dr David Cox, FSA, was until his retirement county editor of the Victoria History of Shropshire and lecturer at Keele University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Cox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783270772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783270774\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\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"David Cox","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44829619355903,"sku":"9781783270774","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_897c0ad2-577b-4742-a6da-94ac2f527131.jpg?v=1708451243","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-church-and-vale-of-david-cox-9781783270774","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}