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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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