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A Thousand Fates - The Afterlife of Medieval Monasteries in England & Wales (Hardcover)
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A Thousand Fates - The Afterlife of Medieval Monasteries in England & Wales (Hardcover)
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A Thousand Fates explores the afterlife of medieval monasticism in
England and Wales. A thousand years of monasticism came to an
abrupt end in the mid-sixteenth century with the Dissolution of the
Monasteries. At its peak two hundred years earlier, many people
chose the contemplative life, while the rich sought salvation
through the foundation or embellishment of religious houses. Much
of the nation’s wealth was locked into these complexes through
elaborate rebuilding, gifts of precious objects and flourishing
libraries of rare books. Then in just four years all of the eight
hundred plus houses were closed and ten thousand people dispersed,
with the monastic fortune liquidated and passed to the crown. Today
we are left with echoes of a time dominated by an enclosed elite,
their homes repurposed or derelict or obliterated. Some of these
foundations still thrive as churches, schools, homes or tourist
attractions. Others have left little physical trace, the casual
viewer ignorant of their existence. A Thousand Fates is not an
account of why the monasteries closed or what happened to the
people displaced. Instead it focuses on the monastic buildings and
their numerous fates and brings life to their stories.
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