English Monastic Life

by Francis A. Gasquet

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326 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, OSB, D.D. was a Benedictine scholar who specialized in Roman Catholic history, particularly of the medieval period, Reformation, and Counter-Reformation.

Reviews

[Rodney Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thorough-going review of pre-reformation monasticism in England

There will perhaps be a little too much detail in this survey for many readers, as it does cover the life of the English monastery in all its complexity. This is in no way a critical review of its subject; the piety of everyone involved is never questioned. But, this was not its author's purpose. Well worth the small investment and recommended to anyone with an interest in the Christian religious of the late middle ages.