| English Monastic Life Contributor(s): Gasquet, Francis Aidan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0766162680 ISBN-13: 9780766162686 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: This volume gives a brief account of the origin and aim of each of the Orders existing in England in pre-Reformation days, and draws up a general list of the various houses in as plain and popular manner as Abbot Gasquet could. He attempted to set before the reader the general tenor of the life lived by the inmates in any one of those monastic establishments. Contents: monastic life; material parts of a monastery; monastery and its rulers; obedientiaries; daily life in a monastery; nuns of medieval England; external relations of the monastic orders; paid servants of the monastery; various religious orders. Handsomely illustrated. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Monasticism - Religion | Christian Living - Inspirational |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 8.25" W x 11" (1.97 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |
