The States of the Manors of Westminster Abbey c.1300 to 1422 Part 1
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- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
14 February 2020
Summary
Westminster Abbey was one of the wealthiest and most influential monastic houses in medieval England. c.1300 it held some 38,000 acres, largely in the Home Counties and West Midlands, and its revenues at the Dissolution exceeded £2,800 p.a. These assets supported a complement of 50 to 60 monks in the fourteenth century.
This volume publishes 75 documents providing overviews (‘states’) of the Westminster estate and its revenues, as administered by the abbot and convent separately betwe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197266625 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0197266622 |
| Author: | Barbara Harvey, Christopher Woolgar |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 14 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 662g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 160mm x 240mm |
| Series: | Records of Social and Economic History |
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Critics Review
“Even to skim through these two volumes is enough to give a sense of the richness and importance of the ‘states’ as mentioned on the first page … those with an interest in the economic and social history of Westminster Abbey, or of late medieval Europe more generally, will find much here to sink their teeth into. * Richard Allen, Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies *
Barbara Harvey
Barbara Harvey
Barbara Harvey is an Emeritus Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her publications have focused on late medieval social, economic, and ecclesiastical history, with a particular emphasis on Westminster Abbey and its estates. Her works include:
- Documents Illustrating the Rule of Walter de Wenlok, Abbot of Westminster, 1283-1307
- Westminster Abbey and its Estates in the Middle Ages
- Living and Dying in England 1100-1540: The Monastic Experience (a joint winner of the Wolfson History Prize in 1993, focusing on the lives of monks at Westminster Abbey)
Chris Woolgar
Chris Woolgar is Professor of History and Archival Studies at the University of Southampton. His research interests lie in the history of the everyday, particularly in late medieval England, as well as in patterns of documentation and editorial work. His publications include:
- Household Accounts from Medieval England
- The Great Household in Late Medieval England
- The Senses in Late Medieval England
- Testamentary Records of the English and Welsh Episcopate 1200-1413
- The Culture of Food in England, 1200-1500
He has served as the editor of the Journal of Medieval History since 2009.
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