Monasteries and Society in the British Isles in the Later Middle Ages

"Contributors assess diverse aspects of monastic history, focusing on the wide range of contacts which existed between religious communities and the laity in the later medieval British Isles, a period often considered to represent the general decline of the regular life. In line with many recent studies, they discover in the later Middle Ages a rich monastic culture, different from that of earlier centuries, but far from decline." "The fifteen chapters range widely over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, looking at a range of different religious orders and individual houses for men and women, illustrating the vibrancy which still characterised monastic life during this period."--BOOK JACKET.Burton, Janet is the author of 'Monasteries and Society in the British Isles in the Later Middle Ages', published 2008 under ISBN 9781843833864 and ISBN 1843833867.