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The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales, I. 940-1216 by David Knowles, C. N. L. Brooke, Vera C. M. London; with new material by C. N. L. Brooke is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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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 1
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- Author
- David Knowles, C. N. L. Brooke, Vera C. M. London; with new material by C. N. L. Brooke
- Publisher
- Cambridge, U.k. ; Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511561184
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Renaissance, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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