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The English abbey,, its life and work in the middle ages,, by F.H. Crossley, with a foreword by the Right Hon. W. Ormsby-Gore, illustrated by photographs by the author and others, and by drawings by Brian Cook

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The English abbey,

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by F.H. Crossley, with a foreword by the Right Hon. W. Ormsby-Gore, illustrated by photographs by the author and others, and by drawings by Brian Cook

The English countryside series

its life and work in the middle ages,

I. Introduction: The origins of monasteries -- the orders -- II. The convent -- The various officers -- Abbot -- Prior -- Sub-Prior -- Precentor and Succentor -- Sacrist and his officials -- Cellarer -- Sub-Cellarer -- Kitchener -- Fraterer -- Chamberlain -- Master of the Farmery -- Hosteller -- Almoner -- bailiff and other officers -- Monks and Canons Novices and their master -- Conversi -- or lay-brethren -- Hired servants -- Other inhabitants -- III. The monastery -- The church -- The Claustral buildings -- IV. The daily life -- The services -- Life in the cloister -- The processions -- V. Administration -- Management and mismanagement -- Spiritualities -- Temporalities -- Expenditure -- Levies and taxes -- Pestilence and war -- VI. Building -- The layout -- Building an abbey -- Canterbury -- Westminster -- Vale Royal -- Transport -- Accounts and wages -- Water supplies -- Drainage -- Architects and workmen -- VII. Social reactions -- Literature and the arts -- Hospitality and almsgiving -- Landlords and land workers -- The statute of Mortmain -- Town monasteries -- Monastic relatiosn -- Relations with lords and nobles -- The suppression -- Epilogue & list of books