The Late Medieval Cistercian Monastery of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire: Monastic Administration, Economy, and Archival Memory

by Spence

Founded in 1132, Fountains Abbey became the wealthiest English Cistercian monastery - yet relatively little analysis has been made of its surviving records to investigate how its wealth was controlled and sustained. This book deals with this secular aspect of the religious community at Fountains, investigating in particular the way in which prosaic business records were compiled and redacted. It traces the transmission of data from original charters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503567711
• ISBN13: 9782503567716
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.4"