Religious Orders Vol 1

By Michael David Knowles and David Knowles

Book Overview

This is the first of a series of volumes which have become recognised as one of the great monuments of English historical scholarship. The late Dom David Knowles began work on the subject in 1929; The Monastic Order in England appeared in 1948, 1955 and 1959. This volume begins the account of a whole way of Christian life and a unique element of English civilisation, from Anglo-Saxon times to the mid-sixteenth century. It opens with a survey of monastic life and activities of the old orders to 1340; goes on to record the impact of the Friars, and concludes with a general survey of the monasteries and their world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521295661
• ISBN13: 9780521295666
• Release Date: October 1979
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"