St Albans was one of the greatest Benedictine abbeys of medieval
England, and the early 14th century was a period during which the
concerns of the community and the role of the abbot emerge
particularly clearly. Yet the history of the abbey during this
period has received little attention since general surveys
undertaken over eighty years ago, and the manorial history by
Levett in 1938. Basing herself on the unique and relatively
unexploited Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani, Michelle Still
examines the position of St Albans in both the secular and monastic
worlds, with a focus on the period 1290-1349. The study includes
discussion of the role of the abbot as a feudal landlord, a
provider of education (at the abbey's grammar school), and a
dispenser of charity. In conclusion, she notes the pivotal
importance of the personality and influence of the abbot of St
Albans in ensuring the strict observance of the Rule of St Benedict
in an age when traditional monasticism was increasingly challenged.
Through the detailed study of this one abbey, this book makes an
important contribution to the overall picture of monastic life in
medieval England.
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