Title The friaries of medieval London : from foundation to dissolution / Nick Holder ; with contributions by Ian Betts, Jens Röhrkasten, Mark Samuel and Christian Steer

Published Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 363 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans Series Studies in the History of Medieval Religion ; Volume XLVI Studies in the history of medieval religion ; v. 46. Contents Part I. The nine London friaries. The first Black friars in Holborn, c. 1223-86 -- The second Black friars, 1275-1538 -- The third Black friars at St Bartholomew's, 1556-9 -- Grey friars, 1225-1538 -- White friars, c. 1247-1538 -- Austin friars, c. 1265-1538 -- Crossed friars, c. 1268-1538 -- Sack friars, c. 1270-1305 -- Pied friars, 1267-1317 -- Part II. The London friars and their friaries. Churches -- Precincts and the use of space -- Architecture and architectural fragments of the London friaries / Mark Samuel -- Floor tiles and building materials from the London friaries / Ian Betts -- Water supply -- Economy -- Spiritual life and education in the London friaries / Jens Röhrkasten -- Burial and commemoration in the London friaries / Christian Steer -- London friars and Londoners -- Dissolution Summary The friaries of medieval London formed an important part of the city's physical and spiritual landscape between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. These urban monasteries housed 300 or more preacher-monks who lived an enclosed religious life and went out into the city to preach. The most important orders were the Dominican Black friars and the Franciscan Grey friars but London also had houses of Augustine, Carmelite and Crossed friars, and, in the thirteenth century, Sack and Pied friars. This book offers an illustrated interdisciplinary study of these religious houses, combining archaeological, documentary, cartographic and architectural evidence to reconstruct the layout and organisation of nine priories. After analysing and describing the great churches and cloisters, and their precincts with burial grounds and gardens, it moves on to examine more general historical themes, including the spiritual life of the friars, their links to living and dead Londoners, and the role of the urban monastery. The closure of these friaries in the 1530s is also discussed, along with a brief revival of one friary in the reign of Mary Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-351) and index Notes Print version record Subject Monasteries -- England -- London -- History -- To 1500 Monastic and religious life -- England -- London -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Religious. RELIGION -- Monasticism. Buildings Monasteries Monastic and religious life -- Middle Ages SUBJECT London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc Subject England -- London Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Betts, Ian M., contributor. Röhrkasten, Jens, contributor. Samuel, Mark Wycliffe, contributor. Steer, Christian, conhtributor. ISBN 9781787440623 1787440621

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