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A careful doorway into England's silent stone: a book that speaks to both curiosity and scholarship. A. Hamilton Thompson's English Monasteries offers a lucid, immersive overview of english monastic life and the places that housed it. More than a historical monograph, it reads... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

English Monasteries is a historical and architectural study of monastic life in England, written by Alexander Hamilton Thompson and first published in 1913. The book explores the history and development of monasteries in England, from their origins in the Anglo-Saxon period to... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

English Monasteries is a historical book written by Alexander Hamilton Thompson and first published in 1913. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the history and architecture of English monasteries from their origins in the early Christian era to their dissolution under... Read Full Overview

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality... Read Full Overview