Bøker av Janet Burton

Professor Janet Burton is one of the main historians of medieval European monasticism, and a specialist on the history of the Cistercian Order. Her aim in this book is to present everyday life in a Cistercian monastery such as Ystrad Fflur. The reader is led through the monks' daily routine from prayer and worship, manual labour and devotional...

Written by a leading historian of medieval European monasticism and the Cistercian Order in particular, this book is designed to introduce readers to the everyday life of a Cistercian monastery such as Strata Florida. It guides us through the monks' daily routine of prayer and worship, manual labour, and devotional reading.

A full and comprehensive survey of the development of the Cistercian Order which emerged from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

Abbeys and Priories of Medieval Wales is the first comprehensive, illustrated guide to the religious houses of Wales from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. It offers a thorough introduction to the history of the monastic orders in Wales (the Benedictines, Cluniacs, Augustinians, Premonstratensians, Cistercians, the military orders and the friars), and to life inside medieval Welsh monasteries and nunneries, in addition to providing the histories of almost sixty communities of religious men and women, with descriptions of the standing remains of their buildings. As well as a being a scholarly book, a number of maps, ground plans and practical information make this an indispensable guide for visitors to Wales's monastic heritage.

New essays on the monastic life in the later middle ages show that far from being in decline, it remained rich and vibrant.

Fruits of the most recent research into the "long" thirteenth century.