| The Book of the Foundation of Walden Monastery Contributor(s): Greenway, Diana (Editor), Greenway, Diana (Translator), Watkiss, Leslie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198203306 ISBN-13: 9780198203308 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $270.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 271.104 |
| LCCN: 98-55460 |
| Lexile Measure: 1740 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.15 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book, written by a Walden monk soon after 1203, is printed here in its entirety for the first time. This lively narrative relates the history of the Mandeville earls of Essex and the inheritance of their lands and title by King John's justiciar, Geoffrey fitz Peter. The monk-author describes the development of the priory at Walden and its elevation to the status of a Benedictine abbey in 1190. |