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The monastic life, traditionally considered as an area of withdrawal from the world, is here shown to be shaped by metaphors of war, and to be actively engaged with battle in the world outside. 'An ...

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Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Hospitality was an integral part of medieval monastic life. In receiving guests the monks were following Christ's injunction and adhering ...

As part of the Reformation, Henry also took over church land, including all monastic institutions, leading to many monasteries and convents being closed down. This took away a crucial source of ...

The island of Reichenau on Lake Constance preserves the traces of the Benedictine monastery, founded in 724, which exercised remarkable spiritual, intellectual and artistic influence. The churches of ...

The 3D model of Bromholm Priory has been used to recreate the funeral of John Paston I in the 15th Century A "thriving" medieval monastic community has been resurrected via 3D computer modelling.

In 2021, archaeologists searching the bank of the Thames in England stumbled upon a medieval building near a modern-day ...