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Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 - The Monastic Experience (Paperback, Revised)
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Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 - The Monastic Experience (Paperback, Revised)
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This is an authoritative account of daily life in Westminster
Abbey, one of medieval England's greatest monasteries. It is also a
wide-ranging exploration of some major themes in the social history
of the Middle Ages and early sixteenth century by a distinguished
historian of that period. Barbara Harvey exploits the exceptionally
rich archives of the Benedictine foundation at Westminster to the
full, offering many vivid insights into the lives of the monks of
Westminster, their dependents, and their benefactors. She examines
the charitable practices of the monks, their food and drink, their
illnesses and their deaths, the number and conditions of employment
of their servants, and their controversial practice of granting
corrodies (pensions made up in large measure of benefits in kind).
All these topics Miss Harvey considers in the context both of
religious institutions in general and of the secular world. Full of
colour and interest, Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 is an
original and highly readable contribution to medieval history and
that of the early sixteenth century.
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