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The monastic order in England: a history of its development from the times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940-1216
Knowles, David, 1896-1974.
Year: 1976, c1963.
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press. 
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Frontmatter
Glastonbury from the Air
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
List of Abbreviations
Part One. Historical
Section I. Introductory
Chapter I. The Rule of Saint Benedict
Chapter II. The Monastic Order between the Death of Saint Benedict and the Times of Saint Dunstan
Section II. 940-1066
Chapter III. The Monastic Revival under Dunstan and King Edgar: The Regularis Concordia
Chapter IV. English Monasticism between Dunstan and the Conquest
Section III. 1066-1100
Chapter V. The Norman Monasticism
Chapter VI. The Norman Plantation
Chapter VII. The Development of the Religious Life between I066 and II00
Chapter VIII. The Cluniacs in England
Chapter IX. Worcester, Evesham and the Northern Revival
Section IV. 1100-1135
Chapter X. The English Monasteries under Henry I
Section V. 1135-1175
Chapter XI. The New Orders
Chapter XII. The New Model of Citeaux
Chapter XIII. The Cistercians in England: I. The First Foundations
Chapter XIV. The Cistercians in England: II. The Period of Expansion
Chapter XV. The Black Monks between 1135 and 1175
Chapter XVI. Cluniac Influence: Henry of Blois and Gilbert Foliot
Section VI. 1175-1216
Chapter XVII. The Black Monks from 1175 to 1216
Chapter XVIII. The Hostility of the Bishops towards the Black Monks
Chapter XIX. The Case of Evesham
Chapter XX. The Cistercians from 1153 to 1216
Chapter XXI. The reign of John and the Fourth Lateran Council, 1199-1216
Chapter XXII. The Charterhouse of Witham and Hugh of Avalon
Part Two. Institutional
Section I. The Interior Polity of the Black Monks
Chapter XXIII. The Office of Abbot
Chapter XXIV. The Internal Government and Personnel of the Monastery
Chapter XXV. The Administration of the Monastery
Section II. The Work and Influence of the Monks
Chapter XXVI. The Daily Life of the Monastery
Chapter XXVII. Unions and Confraternity: Hospitality and Charity
Chapter XXVIII. The Intellectual Activities of the Black Monks: I. Educational and Literary
Chapter XXIX. The Intellectual Activities of the Black Monks: II. Theology, Canon Law, Medicine, Monastic Libraries
Chapter XXX. The Illumination of Manuscripts and Monastic Craft Work
Chapter XXXI. The Liturgy and the Chant
Section III. The External Relations of the Monastery
Chapter XXXII. The Place of the Monastery in the Fabric of the Church and of Society
Chapter XXXIII. The Origins and Development of Exemption in England
Chapter XXIV. The Monastic Churches
Chapter XXXV. The Monasteries and the Feudal System
Chapter XXXVI. The Cathedral Monasteries and the Bishops' Abbeys
Section IV. The White Monks
Chapter XXXVII. The Institutions of the White Monks
Section V. Monastic Discipline
Chapter XXXVIII. The Maintenance of Discipline
Chapter XXXIX. The Critics of the Monks
Section VI. Conclusion
Chapter XL. Review of the Period 940-1216
Appendices
Bibliography
Additional Bibliography
Additional Notes
Index
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Title: The monastic order in England : a history of its development from the times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940-1216 by Dom David Knowles.
Author: Knowles, David, 1896-1974
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Source Version: The monastic order in England : a history of its development from the times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940-1216 by Dom David Knowles. 
Knowles, David, 1896-1974
Cambridge [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press, 1976, c1963.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.01217
Subject Headings: • Monasticism and religious orders -- England
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