Monastic Wales

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Monastic Wales - new approaches is an interdisciplinary collection of essays written by some of the leading scholars working on aspects of medieval Welsh history. The chapters in this volume consider the history, archaeology, architecture and wider cultural, social, political and economic context of the religious houses of Wales between the Norman conquest in the eleventh century, and the dissolution of the monasteries in the sixteenth.
Introduction Janet Burton and Karen Stober Part I: Foundation, Transition and Transformation 1 The Archaeology of Monasteries in Wales and the Strata Florida Project David Austin 2 Transition and Transformation: the Benedictine Houses Janet Burton 3 Culdees to Canons: the Augustinian Houses of North Wales Karen Stober and David Austin 4 Monasteries and Urban Space in Medieval Welsh Towns Jens Rohrkasten Part II: State Building, Authority and Power 5 The Medieval Grants to Strata Florida Abbey: Mapping the Agency of Lordship Jemma Bezant 6 The Rulers of Gwynedd and Powys David Stephenson 7 Monastic Burial in Medieval Wales Andrew Abram Part III: Movement and Social Interaction 8 Pilgrimage Kathryn Hurlock 9 Travel and Communication Jemma Bezant 10 The Knights Hospitaller Helen Nicholson 11 Wales and Ireland: Monastic Links Arlene Hogan Part IV: Cultural Identity and Production 12 Monastic Patronage of Welsh Poetry Dafydd Johnston 13 Abbess Annes and the Ape Jane Cartwright 14 Manuscripts and the Monasteries Ceridwen Lloyd Morgan 15 Space in context: Interpretations of claustral spaces in Wales with special reference to Cistercian dormitories Anne Muller Bibliography

Sujets

• Histoire
• Great Britain
• History
• Wales
• Europe

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• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 30 mars 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781783160297
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Monastic Wales

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Contents


Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction Janet Burton and Karen Stöber
Part I: Foundation, Transition and Transformation
1 The Archaeology of Monasteries in Wales and the Strata Florida Project David Austin
2 Transition and Transformation: the Benedictine Houses Janet Burton
3 Culdees to Canons: the Augustinian Houses of North Wales Karen Stöber and David Austin
4 Monasteries and Urban Space in Medieval Welsh Towns Jens Röhrkasten
Part II: State Building, Authority and Power
5 The Medieval Grants to Strata Florida Abbey: Mapping the Agency of Lordship Jemma Bezant
6 The Rulers of Gwynedd and Powys David Stephenson
7 Monastic Burial in Medieval Wales Andrew Abram
Part III: Movement and Social Interaction
8 Pilgrimage Kathryn Hurlock
9 Travel and Communication Jemma Bezant
10 The Knights Hospitaller Helen J. Nicholson
11 Wales and Ireland: Monastic Links Arlene Hogan
Part IV: Cultural Identity and Production
12 Monastic Patronage of Welsh Poetry Dafydd Johnston
13 Abbess Annes and the Ape Jane Cartwright
14 Manuscripts and the Monasteries Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan
15 Interpretations of Claustral Spaces with Special Reference to Dormitories Anne Müller
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
The editors would like to thank the University of Wales Press, and in particular Angharad Watkins and Siân Chapman, for all their support. We would moreover like to thank all our contributors for their collaboration, both during the workshop ‘Monastic Wales: New Approaches’, held at Aberystwyth in 2009, and during the making of this volume.
Janet Burton and Karen Stöber
Illustrations
Figure 1: Sketch plan of what we currently know of the abbey precinct at Strata Florida (precinct boundaries still to be finally proved in pecked lines). © David Austin
Figure 2: The Strata Florida Abbey demesne (circles: farms with specialist agrarian names; triangles: bercariae ). © David Austin
Figure 3: The extent of the Strata Florida Abbey estates. © David Austin
Figure 4: Ewenny Priory church. Photograph: Martin Crampin
Figure 5: The Augustinian priory of Penmon: the tympanum over the west door, dating from the twelfth century. Photograph: Martin Crampin
Figure 6: Grants by the Lord Rhys to monastic houses. © Jemma Bezant
Figure 7: The extent of Strata Florida Abbey’s known holdings between 1164 and 1184. The grant was made by Lord Rhys, but perhaps reflects the foundation grant made by Robert fitz Stephen. © Jemma Bezant
Figure 8: The subsequent grant (1184) by the Lord Rhys to Strata Florida is apparently more extensive and includes land outside Deheubarth. © Jemma Bezant
Figure 9: Valle Crucis Abbey: the tomb slab of Madog ap Gruffudd Fychan (d. 1306). Photograph: Martin Crampin
Figure 10: The Tintern Abbey Bible. Leaf showing two styles of decorative initials (National Library of Wales, MS NLW 22631C, fo. 295r). © Trwy ganiatâd Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru © By permission of the National Library of Wales
Figure 11 Holograph inscription of Morgan of Carmarthen in a glossed twelfth-century copy of the Book of Isaiah (Lambeth Palace MS 208, fo. iir). © The Trustees of Lambeth Palace Library
Figure 12: Kalendar for March showing feast days of St David and his mother Non, in a manuscript from Brecon Priory (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 667, fo. 3r). © The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Figure 13: Llyfr Du Basing (The Black Book of Basingwerk). Text in the hand of Gutun Owain with marginal notes probably by Abbot Thomas Pennant (Aberystwyth, MS NLW 7006D, p. 261). © Trwy ganiatâd Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru © By permission of the National Library of Wales
Abbreviations

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Contributors
Andrew Abram is lecturer in medieval history at the University of Wales: Trinity Saint David.
David Austin is professor of medieval archaeology at the University of Wales: Trinity Saint David and director of the Strata Florida Abbey Research Project.
Jemma Bezant is lecturer in archaeology at the University of Wales: Trinity Saint David and co-director of the Strata Florida Abbey Research Project with Professor David Austin.
Janet Burton is professor of medieval history at the University of Wales: Trinity Saint David and co-director of the Monastic Wales Project with Karen Stöber.
Jane Cartwright is reader in Welsh at the University of Wales: Trinity Saint David.
Arlene Hogan gained her Ph.D. at Trinity College Dublin.
Kathryn Hurlock is lecturer in medieval history at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Dafydd Johnston is director of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth.
Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan was formerly head of manuscripts and visual